ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 10 January 1918, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

A POWERFUL METRO ©RAMA AT THE EMPIRE. "TIIE GREATEST POWER' In full keep'n? with tiie spirit of the times is tffif prwerrul patriotic Metro drama '"Pin Ueati st, Power," a Big theme that reats" ,n interesting style with all tni tunenuuyc* of war. 'Tlie Greatest Po~ev" is a film due to make a strong appeal jideed to all sections of the public. Ths hero is doing his country's work, and his sweetheart, back at home, has lost evidence of his whereabouts. On this the foundation of the tale is built, and the noble struggles of the girl (Ethel Barrymorc) make a series of intense situations. She lights against the villains for the good of her country, and has the satisfaction of winning through. The Co- icrative Weekly shows the most Teenf : vents in other lands, the Rex Beach Travelogue shows scenes titled 'ln the Footsteps of Captain Kidd." t lishlj entertaining Christic comedy entitled "The Fourteenth Man" provides much amusement, then vnere is the last episode but one of the popular serial '"The Secret of tile Submarine," and a series of pictures of '•ir-mious French Aviators." This programme will be shown at the Empire tonight and two following nights with a matinee on Saturday.

CHARLIE CHAPLIN* IN "EASY.STREET." AT EVERYBODY'S TO-NIGHT Tl'o famous little comedian appears tonight and to-morrow at Everybody's in his latent Mutual comedy success, "Easy Street." An idea of the quality of this comedy will be gained from the following extraot from "the Motion Picture World: In "Easy Street" Cliariie Chaplin latest and best, if we may venture to obtrude so decided an opinion, an original key hflr been stiruek. At any rate, it is Chaplin at his funniest, and nothing much more entertaining, by way of comedy, could bo imagined than his adventures with the street bully, when on occasion he lias been placed on patrol duty ill wild and woolly Easy street, after having changed his profession from tramp to policeman. It is useless*to try to describe the antics of the little policeman and tne giant bully, whose superior strength made the rubbing of the nose of a lamppost 011 the ground appear but a mere trifle. And it would be equally useless to try to picture Hie turn of tile tables wiien the bully, overcome by the gas turned 011 him by the little policemam a? a finale to his post-twisting' demonstrations, lies unconscious in the street, and the lawless throngs, now in awe of the policeman instead of the Imlly. disappear as bv magic at the flaunt of I his eoattail. On the same programme !there is a Greater Vitagraph five-reel feature "The Stolen Treaty" in which Earle Williams and C'orinne Griffith take the leading roles.