AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 January 1916, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS.

THEATRE EOYAL. To-night; at the Theatre Jtoyal, the Famous Players' photo-play, entitled "The Conspiracy," will be screened for the last time. This Strangely compelling picture story deals with the iniquitous doings of a notorious gang of white slave traders. It is a somewhat daring production, culling for very careful and delicate handling, and this has been splendidly accomplished by the master hand of the Famous Players' director. Picture-goers who appreciate a film out of the ordinary, a subject supplying food for deep thought, would do well to remember that to-night is the last opportunity of witnessing ''The Conspiracy." For screening next Thursday the latest Vitagraph 'Broadway feature is announced. The title of this picture, which features Anita Stewart and Earle Williams, is "From Headquarters." It reveals a fascinating story of loyalty and honor, ami is intensely dramatic. Another prominent item on Thursday's programme will be tile second episode in the serial drama, ''The. Master Key." entitled "What was to Become of RutliV"

THE EMPIRE TIIEATRK. There was a big crowd at the Empire Theatre last night to witness the new series of moving pictures. The feature film is entitled "The Heart of a Child,' 1 founded on Frank Danby's well-known novel. The production is by the London Film Company, the principal parts being played by .Miss Edna Flugarth and Edward Sass. Throughout the story runs an irrepressible vein of comedy as the heroine rises by sheer personality Trom London East End life to fame on the stage. Making real friends nil the way, she finally marries a peer, and by a still greater triumph establishes herself in fa\or with his parents. The realistic scenes of the heroine's environment and the various phases of London life are outstanding features of a remarkable and essentially wholesome story. The supporting items on the programme are all 'good. A scenic screening oi timely historical value is "The Cathedral of Kheims." Tt Illustrates very finely not only the colossal architecture of tiie fa.mous building and the irreparable damage caused by the vandalic Herman shells, but also'the trench operations in the adjacent country, where the famous French seventy-fives deal their death-blows to the enemy. "The Woman of Nerve" is a dramatic story oi a woman, a burglar and a jealous hiisI band, the end of the burglar being a disastrous one. The Lubin Company present a farcical animated cartoon under the title of the "Relentless Dalton," and to complete the series there is a Euro, pean Gazette giving 'the latest Continental news in picture form. This collection will be screened for the last time to-night.