THE EMPIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 April 1917, Page 6

THE EMPIRE.

DOUBLE STAR PROGRAMME GAIL KANE AND MARGUERITE CLARK TO-NIGHT. _ Nihilists and their enemies, the Russian Secret Police, figure prominentia in "The Scarlet Oatli,", the World Film drama to be shown with Marguerite Clarke in "Silks and Satins" at the Empire to-night. Gail Kane playfl a dual role in this fme play, arid her power of painting intense emotion is called upon for tremendous effort in some of the scenes in this melodrama. The story ends with a great dramatic punch, the real destroyer ■of Savaroff, the Russian departmental chief pdying the penalty, while JJina and her sweetheart are r'e-united in eternal happiness. The scenei in Warsaw are most wonderful and we;re taken prior to the German occupation of the unhappy Polish capital. The second star film, "Silks and Satins" features the well known favorite, Marguerite ' Clarke, in a charming story sure to delight all ages and classes of motion picture patrons. The romance is an unusual one. A father wants to force his daughter to marry a man she does not love. On the eve' of her marriage, however, she comos across a diary containing the love Story of one of her ancestors. As a result the whole course of her life is changed and alLends well. This brilliant selection will be shown for three nights with a nmtinee on Saturday,