ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 27 October 1917, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

TUB TANKS IN- ACTION AT EVERYBODY'S. The capture of Wancourt and Heninel (south-east of Amu) will always be famous if only for the journey of a tank. It had a forty-hours' duel with Hindenburg, which outdoes all the stories of St. George and the Dragon. Nothing like it had been done before by engine' of war with a human crew. Our infantry were held up by heavy machinegun . fire. In their plight a tank was called to their help, and elected to go forth unaccompanied on a lone mission. It started by a direct advance along the lino of Hindenburg's wire, and flattened out one belt at its leisure, while bullets rattled on is hide like hail on a tin roof. They flattened, fell, or glanced off, while the crew laughed, jested, and asked them to come in whenever a particularly loud one hit the door. When one belt was flattened St. George the Tank turned in a graceful curve and proceeded with stately romp to come back on a parallel course down the second net of wire. After this preliminary work St. George set out northwards to search the lairs of machine-gunners on the slope. From tho wairen of machine-gunners he 1 went on to the village fortress of Wancourt. For a day and ft night he continued his quest, At last, bumped and 'battered and worn as a shipwrecked crew, almost every pigeon-hole of ammunition used, the valiant crew turned their bows homeward. Their .ship spent 40 hours on the adventure. (W. Beach Thomas in the 1 Daily Mail). This wonderful series of British official war pictures, portraying "The Battle of the Ancre" and "The Tanks in Action," are shown under the' authority of the New Zealand Government under the direction of the National Committee of the Y.M.C.A. The net proceeds are distributed as follows: 25 per cent to the Mayor of New Plymouth for distribution among local Red Cross Societies, 25 per cent, to the Minister of Internal Affairs for the relief of the returned wounded soldiers, ~25 per cent, for trench comforts and 25 per cent, for the Y.M.C.A. War Fund, and it is certain that a capacity house will greet its opening next Tuesday at Everybody's. The plan opens this morning at Collier's. MATINEE AT THE EMPIRE TO-DAY. "SECRET OF THE SUBMARINE." The third episode of the record serial, "The Secret of the Submarine," will 1)6 one of the principle attractions at the Empire matinee and night sessions today. There is nothing stereotyped about this great serial—original' situations, unique ideas and novel effects Wcre'aimcd at and secured, without going to Abolish or absurd lengths of improbabilities. "Stupendous surprises" is the comment of the Moving Picture World in summing up the complete series. "Never for one ■ moment does the interest fall. Commencing with a brilliant idea, the story , develops along sensational lines fro a mighty conclusion, each episodo seeming •' to improve on the previous one." In addition to this big attraction the programme includes the splendid Metro feature, "The Dawn of Love," with Mabel Talliaferro iii the leading role and the exceptionally interesting "Rex Beach Travel" pictures. To-night will be the Anal screening. COMING MONDAY . On Monday night the popular Vita-, graph star, Anita Stewart, will bo featured in her big Blue-ribbon success, "Clover's Rebellion," said to be one of the finest feature dramas ever screened in the Dominion. On the same programme the ever popular Charlie Chaplin will Btar in the Mutual comedy scream, "The Rink." Even an ordinary person can cause a lot of fun on skates, but when it comes to Chaplin on skates, *t develops into a veritable scream. x KITTY GORDON AT EVERYBODY'S TO-DAY IN •THE HAUNTING SHADOW." As the title suggests the photo-drama in which the powerful and beautiful actress, Miss Kitty Gordon, is featured at Everybody's this afternoon and tonight is a play replete with mystery, and abounding in romantic interest and dramatic situations. Miss Gordon is first seen as a. Corsican fisher maiden, innocent and unworldly. But sl.ie deserts her betrothed for a wealthy Parisian libertine,, the Marquis of Mohrwarts; her lover commits suicide, and she thus incurs tl)e terrors of the Corsian vendetta, i She queens it for a time in Paris; then | acts as a decoy for the gambling-hell into which the marquis turns his fine old chateau. There her lover's twin brother tracks her down and,kills her husband, but is arrested before he can harm her. The shadow of the vendetta, however, continues to haunt her, and she pays her debt in terror endured if not in blood. Tho drama is wonderfully well staged and mounted, and tho whole cast is a strong one. There are some good supporting films, including a Topical Budget.