AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 July 1916, Page 6

AMUSEMENTS.

LAST NIGET OF TITTELL BRUNE. This evening at tho Empire Picture Palace the public will be introduced for the last time to Australasia's most popular actress. Miss Tittell Brune, in "Esther Redeemed." It is the story of the redemption of an out-cast child of criminal parents by means of an operation performed on the brain by an eminent surgeon. Her rescue from the underworld, her backsliding and her final legcneration form the theme of this fine story. It is admirably interpreted by Miss Tittell Brune. Oilier pictures are "Old Good-for-Xuthin'," drama: "Motherhood," drama: "Island of Waleheren," scenic tudy; the latest Pathe Gazette, and a rippling comedy by Mark Swan entitled "and tlie Parrot Said," Commencing to-morrow (Wednesday) the management will present the London Film Co.'s latest success, a thrilling recruiting drama entitled "Von," or "YVlmt are you Doing for Your Country " The east is headed by the popular actor Gerald Ames and the'production as a whole comes with a big reputation. Two other star films (a three-reel Broadway feature, and a two-reel comedy), are also on the programme. FIKST TRIANGLE FILM ATTAINS PERFECTION The Triangle-Kay Bee Company have alreadv established a reputation far and Wide for sound, artistic work, not only in the spheres of deft construction mid production, but in the finer art' of actui;.'. and perfect photography. Thos. H. luce, the producer of ''The Coward." screened at the Theatre Royal last evenin", has every reason to lie proud of his work. "The Coward" for its subject harks hack to the stirring days of the American Civil War, and relates in a series of splendidly-acted scenes, the physical cowardice of a son who deserts from the Northern Army, allowing his stern old father to take his place in (lie ranks. Later, circumstances afford the son an opportunity of overcoming his we-inmss. and regaining his manhood in a inn-d dramatic fashion. Tho picture include.-- a remarkable battle scene in which iirn'v hundreds of troops are employed. This scene is made vividlv realistic by the |.roducer, and is one that has to be seen to be appreciated at its proper value Mr. Tree hiis earned the .itle of the "Film Realist" by the magnitude and genuineness of h',--. i-ivn'iclimis. This is an example of ids capabilities in the most difficult of all screen-craft, i.e., the staging of vast battle scenes. It seems almost impossible that one man could direct the army of actors midst the roar and confusion we see in the battle scenes in this drama, and at the same time attend, to the intimate scenes that make the dramatic interest so strong —but that is where the genius of Tnce is demonstrated. "The Coward'' certainly bears out the statement tlmt the "triangle Films" will open up an entirely' new *tamlard in picture production before which all other previous "features" pale into insignificance. So much more superior are the\, so much more vital, so much more human and colorful that it would indeed be difficult to find anything for comparison. "The Coward" will be repeated again to-night and to-morrow night.