THE EMPIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1917, Page 6

THE EMPIRE.

LAST NIGHT OF MARGUERITE -CLARKE IN "MICE AND-MEN."

To-night is'tlie last showing-of "Mice ami Men," the Famous Players''romantic comedy, in ivhioJi Marguerite Clarke scores such a decided success that there have been crowded houses, every evening. The new programme, commencing to-morrow, will feature a startingly realistic Triangle masterpiece, "Honor Thy Name." Jt is a fivc-re-l star drama, and is described as a story, impres-'

siveiy told and sumptuously produced. The leading characters are portrayed byl

the popular Frank Kecnan and Louise' Giaum. The plot,'which allows for big dramatic effects, turns on the'happenings cif Colonel Castleton, who, when he was much younger, became enamored of a veil-known opera singer. Finding she was false to him, lie promptly dropped

hc-r. Years later, his son falls in love v.'th n cabaret dancer. In order to show liira how unworthy she is, the father

makes love to her, she knows that he is rich, "and the son is thrown over. Suddenly the girl discovers that the father is the man who "jilted" her mother. She

marries the son. She will not accept cash terms for a final settlement, and the old man determines on a way to be rid of her that is said to be one of the most terrible, and one of the most thrilling series of scenes ever shown upon a screen. A big programme supports the star subject.