THE EMPIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 September 1916, Page 6

THE EMPIRE.

A REMARKABLE FILM TRIUMPH. , "THE CHALICE OF OOURACE.' I EAST SCREENING TO-KIGHT. J | Tlic tragic story of the mountains, which is WW at the Empire in the thrilling picture, ''The Chalice of Courage," is not one W be missed. The sympathies of large audiences and their admiration have been won by tire hero, wiho suffers bereavement of the most poignant kind. Following upon that, he is the victim of an intrigue of a particularly dastardly character. Scheming on the part of an unscrupulous enemy results in the prospector being wrongfully arrested. He suffers much, but endures bravely,until he is rewarded by the clearing of his name. The story, acting, production, and setting are all well-night perfect, .and clever use has been made of nature to help the picture. Many remarkable, and at times sensational, incidents are introduced, perhaps the most daring being the headlong fall of "horse and rider over a precipice into the valley 1000 ft below. TO-MORROW ] THE WORLD FILM SENSATION". •THE DEVIL'S TOY." The sensational World-Equitable photodrama. "The Devil's Toy," will be screened at the Empire for the first time tomorrow night. It is a play in five acts and forty striking episodes l . It is produced 0:1 a scale of magnificence greater than the World Film Company has previously 'attempted. Magnificent gown creations are worn by scores of pretty women, in sumptuous surroundings, which include an actual moving picture or Baltimore Ice Gardens, New York, *,he resor* of the ultra-fashionable. It is one of the strongest and most dramatic dramas of love and hate ever screened. The story is woven around the experiences of three young people who set out to win the world's applause with tlheir artistic attributes. One becomes a great painter, another a great singer, while the remaining one could not rise above mediocrity. The successful painter is suddenly bereft of 'his 'health, caused through hunger and hard struggling to rwc'U the goal. His friend steals his pictures and exhibits them as his own. The singer, the female of the trio, returns from Europe, recognises the pictures, locates the real artist, befriends him and turns to be revenged on the 'hypocrite. He had bargained with the unknown power for fame, riches, and love. The last gift was denied 'him, and on this the plot hinges and makes for a 'happy ending to the story. Seats may be reserved at Collier's.