ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 September 1915, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE EMPIRE. The feature film in the new series presented last night is a stirring society drama, "On the Stroke of Five," presented by the Vitgraph Company, and played by a powerful cast, including Mr. Darwin Kerr and Miss Naomi ChiUeri The plot is very original, and the scenery remarkably good. On his brother Vance's graduation from college, Guy Lansing, a lawyer, promises to take him 'o Taris. When the time comes Guy finds ho cannot accompany Vance, but, promising to follow shortly, sends him on. In Paris Vance falls into the toils of a society adventuress, who is the cause of him committing suicide. His brother arrives in Paris on the day of his death, and finds out the cause of it all. He trael.s the woman down, and she falls in love with him. TJien he starts to plan his revenge. The concluding chapters of the play are thrilling to a degree, and the end is well thought out. Another -good drama on the programme is the American Film Company's "Heart of Gold," while the Lubin Company present a comedy drama, "Mother of Pearl." Sidelights on the great war are included in Pathe's Gazette," and in lighter vein there are the clever cartoons under the name of "Dishing the Dardanelles." Miss Flora Finch, the Vitagraph Company's well-known actress, causes much laughter in a comedy-farce, "A Strand of Blonde Hair," in which she was associated with the late John Bunny. There are njany other items to add variety. THEATRE ROYAL PICTURES. A tremendous film of great interest to Britishers is to be screened in the Royal next Tuesday and. Wednesday, September 21 and 22. The film is "The Armies of Europe at War," and shows the mighty struggle that is taking place in the Old World. The photographs were taken by the London War Films' cinematograph operators on the actual battlefields, and are therefore authentic in every detail. Mr. G. B. Holmes, one of the operators, will give an interesting lecture as the film is being screened. Auckland's finest tenor, Mr. Abel Rowe, will sing the latest patriotic songs. Throughout the dominion this great war film, which occupies the whole evening, has drawn, enormous audiences; in Auckland recently it was shown on forty-two consecutive occasions, and packed the theatre every time. The usual prices of admission prevail. Reserves at Hoffmann's,