THE EMPIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 January 1917, Page 6

THE EMPIRE.

MARY PICKFORD AS "LITTLE PAL" TO-NIGHT As "Little Pal," in the Famous Players' production at the Empire to-night Mary Pickford, "the world's sweetheart," scores a great success. In the character of the half-breed daughter of a disso'uitf saloon-keeper of a mining camp in frozi n Alaska, she strikes a new and appealing rote. She is staged and won in a game of roulette, seeks safety in flight, and is rescued by a man whom she loves *but er.nnot possess because he is married. ITrr love provides the culminating sacrifice of a woman, and the story ends iii a scene which few can behold' with, crt a pang of regret that things eonkl liot have been different. There is an »■<. client selection of supporting items, which include an amusing comedy, "Colonel Knut and the 100-Dollar Bill," featuring Frank Daniels; and an interesting colored study, "Butterflies and Pees." A very s ood'"Pathe Gazette" illustrates the embarkation of New Zealanders from England. "Caterpillar Traction Motors at the Front," and a general view of the Port, of Piraeus (Greece) and some of the Allied warships. The bo* plan is at Collier's.