ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 5 November 1915, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURES. A well-filled house witnessed the new programme presented last night. The star film is Vitagraph's special feature drama, "The Butterfly," in which Helen Gardner, of "Cleopatra" fame sustains the name part. "The Butterfly," a beautiful heiress, is wooed for her wealth by an English peer, a French marquis, a Russian count and a German baron, and is courted for herself alone by a Yankee commoner. The titled suitors in turn resort to trickery and chicanery in their endeavors to annex the lady and her dollars, but their efforts are frustrated, and in the end she weds the Yankee. The German is nowhere in the race. Keystone supply an excellent comedy, "The Beauty Bunglers." Another star film is Reliance's two-part drama, "Added Fuel." This photo-play is thrilling and surprising. "The Great War" is a lengthy topical taken on the battlefield by Pathe Preres. "Curses Jack Dalton" is a Lubin cartoon comedy. The Topical Budget is very interesting. To-morrow, at the head of the new prograinjne will be Lubin's 3000 ft masterpiece, "A Siren of Corsica."

ROYAL PICTURES, The contents of the Topical Budget showing on to-morrow's new programme is as follows: —Investiture'by the King; officers and men of the Navy and Army leaving 'Buckingham Palace after being decorated by H.M. the King; back from the Dardanelles; Admiral Sir E. Fremantle and Lady Talbot at Harefield Par); chatting with wounded Australians back from the Dardanelles; Post Office Engineers; Sir 11. Samuel (Post-master-General) inspects the field telegraph and telephone erected by the Engineers in Hyde 'Park; Lance-Corporal Dwyer, V.C.. the youngest soldier to win this coveted honor riding with the Mayor of Bermondsey at the head of a recruiting meeting; Lord Kitchener at the Guildhall; the Secretary of War inspecting the H.A.0.; Independence Day in America; Ireland welcomes O'Leary, V.C.; Grecian dances at Ranglagh; Royal garden party, their Majesties Queen Mary,® Queen Alexandria and Queen Armetie attending at the Frances Day celebration at Montague House. Other films are: "Saved by Wireless" (star drama), "Payment in Pull" (a big heartinterest Reliance drama), "The New Butler" (a sparkling comedy), "Breaking In" (splendid Western society drama), "Human Hound's Triumph" (keystone's latest) and the Topical Budget