THE EMPIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1916, Page 3

THE EMPIRE.

"TIIE SUBMARINE PIRATE." ATTRACTED .A CROWDED HOUSE LAST EIGHT. SHOWING I'TtOM i p.m. UNTIL 10 p.m. TO-DAY. Submarine pirates have become such a notorious class of criminals in recent, months that it is natural enough to find that the Keystone Company of moving picture fame, has seized upon submarine piracy as a subject for one of its farce comedies "A Submarine Pirate" produced at The Empire yesterday, is the first of the Triangle Keystone films seen here. It represents the joint efforts of the three well-known producers—D. W. Griffith 4 Thomas Tnce, and Mack Sennett. The story is of an ambitious waiter, who stole some papers, which enabled him to gain command of a submarine. He starts out op a pirate's career and sinks a treasure ship, but his submarine is soon after sunk by an American warship. The plot is portrayed by means of a genuine submarine, a passenger ship, and a warship, and the submarine is the scene of some extraordinary feat by Svd. Chaplin, as the ambitious waiter, who turns pirate. One of his performances while connected with the submarine is to skim through the water in tow of a torpedo. Before joining the submarine, the versatile comedian juggles with everything that comes within reach of the waiter, and after stealing the papers to gain command of the submarine, he has some hair-raising escapes from sudden death while dodging pursuit over high buildings. During this part of the play, Chaplin and four pursuing policemen race over an iron girder connecting two skyscrapers. The picture was screened last night to a crowded house. The supporting subjects, including an Edison drama, "The Butler," and the Gaumont Graphic, are in keeping with the feature film as regards quality, and the orchestral music is well selected and admirably rend?"

"The Submarine Pirate" and supporting programme will be screened continuously throughout to-day commencing at 2 p.m. and continuing on until 10 p.nv. Seats for the 8 p.m. session can be reserved at Collier's.