ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 30 June 1915, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS.

E.Wll'.E PTOiniKS. k.\c!u.ii\cly interesting is tlici verv line XordNk driima, "The Abduction,'" shown for the first time last night at tin: Lmpirc. The picture relates another adwntme (if {lie great [Master ill erinie. J-)r. < ■:ir- *S-1 lai)U(. 'l'lie scene opens with (iar-Kl-Hama in prison, ami about to esI le ;u-i-oiiijilislies this seemingly impossible task, and to recover the financial Josses incurred by his imprisonment liatelics a scheme to capture the daughter of an American Consul. This be also succeeds in doing with tile aid O't chloroform. dar-<KI-'lJama places Jier on board liis "lugger" and takes her away to his retreat on Snake Island, lie docs not reckon with a certain Lieutenant Lrskine, however, who follows with a trusted -band. Exciting happenings follow in tile rescue of the abducted raider. and of the undoing erf (iar-el-liaina, but can best be learnt by paying a visit to the hmpire Theatre. The drama is beautifully photographed, and the views oi the wild scenery on "Snake Island" 1 arc particularly fine. The supporting pictures arc exceptionally good, and include a fascinating little comedy, "Pleasing 1 "ncle," a Keystone comedy, "His Second Childhood," "Willie's Bubble Bursts/' a series of topical cartoons, the "Pathe Gazette.'' and an exciting railroad drama, ■'■ 1.-cap from the Water Tower," showing the world's largest locomotive. To-mor-row the third series of "The Adventures of Kathlyn," "In the Temple of Lions,'' will be iiiouii. r.