THE EMPIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 21 October 1916, Page 6

THE EMPIRE.

MATINEE AT 2 P.M. TO-DAY; "FATTY AND MABEL ADRIFT" A COMEDY SCREAM. , One of the greatest mirth producers the Keystone Company has so far released is the comedy, "Fatty .and Mabel Adrift/-' to be introduced at tile matinee this afternoon. In "Fatty and Mabel Adrift." Roscoe Arbuckle as a farm boy, and Mabel Normand as his sweetheart get married and go to spend theit honeymoon by the sea. A rivai of Fatty tries to break into the house, but is chased away by Fatty's dog, Fido. Assisted bj some robbers, the rival knocka the props from under the cottage and launches it on the sea. The couple arc awakened by the storm that rages. To keep from drowning they get on top of the building. The dog Fido is despatched to shore with a note. He wakes up the parents of Mabel and they get a real estate man to rescue the young folks with his yacht. The robbers have retired to a cafe. During a free-for-all fight, one of them drops a lighted cigar in a keg of powder, the placets wrecked and the rival and <his accomplices are hurled ii all directions. This programme will only be screened at the and night performances to-day,

MONDAY AND TUESDAY, DAINTY MARGUERITE CLARKE IN "THE SEVEN SISTERS." The clever and versatile little picture actress, Marguerite Clark, has attained a popularity only equalled by Mary Pickfoiu. with ■..horn Miss Clark has often been more than favorably compared. Her latest appearance on the sc.een is in the Famous Players' com-edy-drama. "Seven Sisters," which will be screened at the Empire Theatre next Monday and Tuesday night's. Humor of the kind that characterises the pic t.ire is rarely seen upon the screen, and offers a complete.change from that type of boisterous comedy which obtrudes itself on the majority of- humorous pic-, turos. The author has hit upon a iuippy subject, and ha? created a part which, "is entirely suited to Miss Clark's i:ature. She is charming and natural throughout, and infuses into her work a spirit of abandon which invests the picture with added charm. The efforts of a young nobleman to break down a barrier raised by an old Hungarian mairiage law under which Mici, the fourth <:' seven daughters, may not marry until her three elder sisters have done so. is the point on which the story turns. Allied with the excellence of the theme, clearness of photography, and. the beauty of the settings are valuable assets, while the acting leaves nothing to he desired. What is probably the most interesting of the many officinl war films issued describes the wonderfully organised work of the Royal Army Medical' Corps at the front. Opening scenes show wounded men being taken from the trenches and thereafter their treatment at the. various hospitals, and. finally, tlieii discharge is shown in detail. A concise record of the most recent happenings at Home and abroad is contained in the Pathe Gazette. There are also several,other fine films. '