ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 301, 29 May 1915, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

| TIIE WIIITE SLAVE TRAFFIC. j On Monday evening at the Theatre | Royal a film of great interest will bo j screened exposing the horrible white slave traliie. Tho subject matter from which the lilm is taken appeared originally in a series of articles in a weekly periodical, and afterwards in book form. I Owing to a general demand that the facts thus published should be put together in a more accessible form, this film was produced, and that it has been successful may be gauged from the fact that numberless letters of approval and thanks have been received by the owners of the film. In dealing with tho methods adopted by agents of - this infamous trade great care had to be adopted to avoid indelicacy and sensationalism, and this has been accomplished. The picture will also bo shown at Waitara on June 3rd. CHARLES CHAPLIN AT THE EMPIRE. The very popular Keystone comedian, Charles Chaplin, wifl appear on the screen at tho Empire Theatre to-day and to-night in a ton-notch comedy entitled "His Musical Career." This Key- ' stone film is the very latest arrival in New Zealand, and is said to be one of tho best yet produced by notable company. , This comedy is the last word in Keystones, and Charles Chaplin shows himself equal to the occasion. He is out of work; lie presents himself at a piano establishment, and gets taken on as a piano-mover. He then gives an exhibition of his tremendous strength, and he and another employee are to;-i to deJ liver a piano at the home of Mr. Rich, and take one away from the house of Mr. Poor. Of course Charles gets the addresses mixed, and after several excruciatingly funny scenes, boil: oiano movers land in the river with the piano on top of them. In addition to this comedy, a hue drama by the Famous Players' Company, "Tho Redemption of David Corson," is being presented, featuring William Farman, the eminent American dramatic star, in the story of a man's desperate struggle witu himself, and his final triumph. Other items on the programme aro'"Officer Kate," a carefully constructed anti-suffragette comedy, and ''Summer in the North," a finely colored film. The usual interesting war topicals make tho programme a very acceptable one. Patrons aro advised to reserve their seats. ROYAL PICTURES. Goo. R. Sims' and Henry Pettitt's drama, "Harbor Lights" is the star on tho new programme. Geo. R, Sims and Henry Pettitt are recognised as the greatest writers of melodrama of modcm times. It is indeed a play of enduring charm. Other films are "Stanly, the Lion 'lamer,' Vita, star comedy, "A Reliever in Dreams," a gripping Lubin romance, "Servant Girl's Romance," a riotous farce, latest Auslralian Gazelle, and "The End of the Umbrella," seventh instalment of the "Dolly of the Dailies" series. !