AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1915, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS.

EMPIRE PICTURES. At the head of to-night's new programme is the melodramatic star, "Children of the Sea," a story of contrasts. The intellectual man is carried away by the force of a primitive woman's mind, but the shoals of life arc happily avoided, and a safe anchorage is found. Seven splendid films support the main attraction. The race for the Melbourne Cup is also shown in a special topical film. ROYAL PICTURES. Of the fascination of Egyptian travel, of the charm of the Nile,.of the unexpected beauty of the desert, of the ruins which are the wonder of the world, much has been written, but in order to enjoy an overwhelming, uneffaceable impression of Oriental lite we should go lip the Nile; spend a day in the naniti bazaars, taking in scene after scene wltti its manifold combination of light and shade, color, costume and architectural detail. Every shopfront, every street corner, every turbaned group, is included in a ready-made picture, entitled "A Trip on the Nile." The old Turk with his cake stall in the recess of a sculptured doorway, the donkey boy with his gail.v caparisoned ass, the beggar asleep on the steps of the mosque—they all look as if they had been put there expressly to be painted. The star drama, however, is "The Secret Code,'' a signally sensational play. Dramas, comedies and the latest Gazette complete an excellent programme.