ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 August 1915, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

■*■ EMPIRE PICTURES. The Sclig Company's lengthy serial drama '-The Adventures of Kathlyn" was advanced another stage in the new programme at the Umpire Theatre last >»gnt. Kathlyn's sister, Wiuuie, is forcibly crowned Queen of Allaha to serve the sinister purpose of tho scheming Umbajlah, Katlilyn gains admission to Winnie s room under the guiso of a wo- j man physician. While she is planning with Winnie, Umballah surprises Kath° yn and has her arrested, Kathlyn is tied securely on tho ground, and tho great juggernaut car is released, so that it runs down the bill towards Kathlyn. Her father and his friends rescue the heroine m the nick of time. Determined to release Winnie, Kathlyn and her trieiids, disguised as animal trainers, give a remarkable performance in an amphitheatre, the principal figures among the spectators being Umballah »nd Winmc. Eventually Kathlyn throws oil her disguise and announces that she will go into the den of liona unarmed if her sister, tho Queen, will accompany her. The spectators encourage the Queen, who .descends into the arena, and when tho lions are set free they take no notice of the brave girls who face them. Suddenly Kathlyn and Winnie slip through a trap-door in tho centre of the arena, and escape by means of a subterranean passage. Many attractive films support the star. To-morrow "Called Back" will be shown. It is an adaptation of Huge Conway's popular novel, • ROYAL PICTURES. Chester Conkliii and Ambrose will fig-' uro in the principal roles of the Keystone Company's feature comedy, 'The Home Breakers," the premier film in tomorrow's new programme at the Theatre Royal. This production is stated to be one of the most laughable creations of this year. Many excellent preceding Alms are also included on the new bill. THE AUTHOR OP "BUNTY." Scotsmen vary. Mr. Graham Moffat, the author and producer of the famous Scottish comedy "Bunty Pulls the Strings," who appears with his company of Scottish players in the Theatre Royal, New Plymouth, on Monday and Tuesday, August lfi and 17, is outwardly and physically as different from Mr. Harry Lauder as Harry Lauder is from Mr. Julius Knight. All three are .Scotch. Not that Mr. Moffat has the appearance of a romantic actor. His countenance is too marked with humorous lines for that. His eyes, too, are shrewd, appraising orbs of the man who observes life closely. He has more the appearance of (he writing man than the actor. 'There is no posing, but straightforward talk given in an unaffected manner. Mrs. Graham Moffat, who with her husband, appears in "Bunty" waxes eloquent in Uiu cause of the Suffragette on occasion, and her remarks give food for thought. Yet, the self-confessed suffragette is as unlike the accepted type as it is possible to be. Her grace and charm have won many friends during her travels. .Supporting the distinguished author and his wife are a company of Scottish plavers specially chosen from, the various "companies which have played Bunty in Great Britain and America, including Miss Jean Clyde, whom Mr. Moffat considers to be the finest ''Bunty" who has so far played the role. The second niuht of the season will be devoted, to the production of that great success "A Scrape o' the Pen," which is at present being very successfully produced throughout New Zealand. Mr. and Mrs. Graham Moffat will be making their first appearance in New Plymouth in these two charming comedies of .Scottish life. The box plan is now open at Hoffmann's.