ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 15 November 1917, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS.

PLGA PETROYA AT THE EMPIRE TONIGHT. "THE SOUL OF A MAGDEMSN." The favorite screen artist Madam Olga Petrbva will appear in the latest Metro wonderplay at The Empire for a threenight season commencing to-night. It is a story of remarkable, power showing that sometime in her life every woman meets with a tempter. There is a crisis —the psychological moment is brought about. Heioise Broulette (Olga Petrova). a young girl struggling to earn her own living and support an invalid mother, was not the exception, rather the opposite—beautiful in face, form, and soul. The desperate need of money—for her mother's operation—far in excess of any she could hope to earn, brought about, the crisis in Heloise's life. And Leland Norton, a wealthy patron of the arts, but a moral lepper, who has tiied every device known to his evil genius to havo her for his "toy," realised the crisis as his opportunity, and for her the temptation was too strong; she failed to remain true to herself. Yet in the years that followed there was another man who, gathering her in his embrace, said, "A woman with the soul of an angel." It's a play that strikes the deepest emotions—a play that is peculiar to the power of Petrova. On the same programme with this brilliant feature will be shown the sixth episode of the exciting serial, "The Secret of the Submarine" and the fourth of the "ißex Beach Travel Series."

A TRULY MAGNIFICENT PROGRAMME. AT EVERYBODY'S TO-NIGHT. One of the strongest programmes screened for some time will be introduced to-night when William Farnum will star in the powerful Fox film "Fires of Conscience," and dainty Peggy Hyland will appear in a Greater Vitagraph feature "Rabette." In the latter picture Peggy Hyland scores one of the greatest successes of screen stardom. The story is really "different." Its central incident is the marriage of a beautiful French girl to a handsome stranger whom she believes to be a great artist, lie really Is an artist by instinct, but by choice he is one of the cleverest thieves in all France. He makes a resolute stand after his marriage and does not succumb to the easier way until his Babctte falls ill. Then he gets the money in the old way, and very soon the police are on his, track, His real trouble is to keep the truth from his innocent wife, and this he manages to do. A dramatic turn of fate comes to his aid, and the end of the story is full of surprise. The ordeal of fire faces William Farnum in "Fires of Conscience." He finds almost insuperable difficulties in his battle for the love of a girl. Ho wages two battles, one against himself, and the other against his enemies. In the end lie is triumphant and happy, and the strength of his personality carries the audience along ,to the same happy state of mind. •THE MANXMAN" Hail Caine's powerful story of love and happiness, sin and sorrow is wonderfully well told in the film drama to be screened at the Empire next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Tho play is beautifully staged and mounted, and action taking place in the Isle of Man itself; and incidentally many a good view of the wild and picturesque coast and the fine old castles of the island is shown. Henry Ainley, an ablo and forceful actor, is featured as Philip Christian, the youthful Deemster, who loves his cousin Pete's fiancee not wisely but too well, and the cast as a whole is a particularly strong one. The struggle between love and duty is marvellously well portrayed. So is ■ the moral, mental and physical break-up of the man under the streßS of his emotions. The play is replete with stirring incident, and crowded with human feeling, passion and sympathy. Pete's love, not only for his young wife and the baby, but also for Philip, is wonderfully touching, and so is his chivalrous though clumsy endeavor to shield her good name after she has left him for the Deemster. Very poignant is tho scene where, at Pete's dictation, all unsuspected, the Deemster writes a loving letter to the erring wife : and still mare pathetic are the sceneß in whieh Pete discovers that the child is not his but Philip's, and finally, with the greatest self-sacrifice, allows his wife to divorce him and leave the Isle of Man for the South African diamond mines, full of aorrow, hut with no anger in his heart against the man and the woman he loved so well. The prices of admission for this film will be dress circle Is Cd (plus amusement tax Id), stalls Is (plus tax). The box flan is at Collier's where seats can be hooked without extra charge.