THE EMPIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 1 February 1917, Page 6

THE EMPIRE.

FIRST SCREENING TO-NIGHT OF ] LOIS WEBER'S FILM SENSAT.IO.V. "HI'YOCRITES." *\ I _^ "Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue," Is a ciever French saying, and its truth is driven home in the him showing at the Empire to-night, entitled "The Hypocrites." As the'preachtr is making 1 is fierce denunciation of [ vices that are hidden by the cloak of ; ler-pcctability, the camera brings into relief, one by one, the faces of the w,ijjregation 1 ; and the play of angry or amused emotion on their features as they hear their dearest sins scathingly described. The lesion of the play is still more trenchantly brought home, when Truth flashes her mirror upon tin. shams and follies o! the politicians, tho prosperous tiwlcr, the society woman, the deceitful lover, and the woman vho : mistakes her passion for devotion. The play is n beautiful though daring parI able, and no one can see ii without learning some good. The music accompaniment is thriliingly effective, hud addsf to the artistic beauty of the picture. Owing to the big demand alrea-Iy for seats intending patrons are ajvis". Ed to book their seats at Collier's.