THE EMPIRE.
A BRIGHT, HUMOROUS PICTURE. "PRUDENCE THE PIRATE." An instalment of bright iTTTt which rapidly becomes turned into what could nave been awful tragedy is brought down in [Prudence the Pirate," the Pathe Gold Rooster dramascreening at the Empire to-night. Prudence, daintily delineated by Gladys Hulete, leaves Miss Mincem's Academy "finished," and goes home "to "all the family she owns," a piim aunt and an uncle who has nearly been nagged to death. Prudence upsetß the calm of this household in quick time, Rnd after much manoeuvring is actually afloat in *The Bucket of Blood," a schooner she has managed to hire and man with a scratch crew. She declines to fall in with her, society struck aunt's plans of marrying her to wealthy young Astorbilt, but she finds later on, when in danger of her life, that his effimancy conceals some fine pluck. The film is full of good photography and the cast is ft strong one. Flora Finch is excellent us the old aunt and Gladys Huletto, an old favorite, is an adorable heroine. Amongst the supports there is a fine film showing "British Submarines in the Mediterranean."
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Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1917, Page 6
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191THE EMPIRE. Taranaki Daily News, 20 June 1917, Page 6
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