THE EMPIRE.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 August 1917, Page 6

THE EMPIRE.

FINAL SCREENING OF A BRILLIANT TRIPLE STAR PROGRAMME.

By putting together John Hay's two well-known poems "Jim Bludso" and ''Little Breeches," Triangle have produced a brilliant and engrossing drama. Jim Bludso is portrayed by Wilfred Lucas in telling fashion, and tlie rest of the cast is competent and convincing. Special praise is due to clever little Georgie Stone, who is a roguish and lovable ''Little Breeches." the six-year-old son of Jim Bludso. The story opens with the ill-feeling engendered by Jims enlistment as a private in the army of the North. His wife is a Southern girl, and in hot anger leaves him. From thence her downfall is rapid, and she becomes the prey of an unscrupulous gambler. Olgu Grey's acting in this strong role is splendid. Money has been poured out like water in the production of this play, t|ie Mississippi scenes being superb examples of photographic art. There arc some fine Civil War scenes, wonderful views of the "Father of the Waters" and the villages on the Mississippi banks, and a spectacular burning of "The Prairie Belle." The programme also includes a powerful Blue-Bird release, "The Beckoning Trail." a four-reel drama showing the dramatic career of a millionaire young blood and his straggle to resist the "lure of the lights." The chief role is taken by the handsome and popular Warren Kerrigan. Billie Burke also appears in another chapter of Gloria's Romance. This brilliant selection will be screened for the last occasion to-night. TO-MORROW. The popular and virile William Farnum will be featured to-morrow in the gripping eight-reel photoplay, "The Spoilers," from the novel by Rex Beach.