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THE EMPIRE.

TEHB MIGHTY WONDE3 ffILM—♦'CABIRIA." Up to the present the two greatest films screened in New Zealand have be™ "Quo Vadis?'.' and "Cleopatra." Great things were accomplished in these, but they pale into insignificance beside the achievements of the cinema people in '•'Ca'biria." Rome, 'Paris, Ntew York, London have declared it the greatest picture play ever produced. It represents the summit of the cinemat-ogra-ph-er's art. Reality and the trick effects which tlie cinematograph makes possible have been blended in the most masterly fashion. An enthralling love ftory is presented amid scenes of awful wonder and dazzling magnificence. An army of artists was occupied for months in its rehearsals and production. Hannibal's passage of the Alps with the Carthagenian army was pictured on the Alps themselves. Hannibal lost thousands of men. The cinema army had 49 artists injured in the task of reproducing this mighty achievement, and this is only one of the incidents in the play. Another incident of the first magnitude—■ this film teems with extraordinary situations—is the destruction of the Roman fleet by Archimedes. This was a feat alleged to haVn been- accomplished by means oF gigantic burning glasses. To reproduce it a huge trireme was built for the Itala Company. It was a replica of the great naval dreadnoughts of the Funic wars. The small models were made and photographed. "The big trireme was destroyed by fire and einematographed, enlarged films ot the small models being super-imposed so that an accurate effect was gained of the whole fleet burning. To see. this scene on the film no one could possibly imagine that an actual fleet of huge vessels had not been used. "Cabirja" will be screened at the Empire Theatre to-night, at a special matinee to-morrow, again tomorrow night, and for the last time on Wednesday night. Seats for any of the performances can now be booked at Collier's.

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Taranaki Daily News, 12 March 1917, Page 6

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THE EMPIRE. Taranaki Daily News, 12 March 1917, Page 6

THE EMPIRE. Taranaki Daily News, 12 March 1917, Page 6

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