ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 12 February 1918, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE EMPIRE. BESSIE LOVE AND SIX QUAINT KIDDIES. The star item at The Empire last night, again to-night and to-morrow, is the famous favorite, Bessie Love. She plays as Prudence, the heroine of "A Sister of Six," a film that, replete with adventure and made human by a pretty romance, will be to tiiie taste of a multitude of patrons. The. plot concerns the girl Prudence, who, with six young brothers and aistfcts, brightens the ranch life of a morose old man. This miui, their luiclc, is in business difficulties with Garcia, a-scoundrel who has set his heart on pauperising the estate and taking Prudence ns his uride Prudence herself is not llu; only one who objects, for she lias another lover, and the ultimate end of an exceedingly pretty atory is to see the girl ™fe in the arms of her lover-protector. A programme of abundant merit surrounds the feature, and patrons may see the most recent topical events-Sn picture form, togstha? with the seventh episode of the superserial "The Secret Kingdom.'-* EVERYBODY'S. VALESKA SURATT IN THE FOX FEATURE, "THE VICTIM." The charming Russian astress, Valeska Suratt. is well-known to all motion picture patrons as tlhe best, dressed actress appearing in motion pictures, and also as one of the greatest emotional artists of the present day. To-night this gifted lady will ho featured' ill Fvervbody s in a William Fox dramatic fuccess, "The Victim," a most interesting portrayal of a girl's fight against fate. Valeska Suratt takes the part of a girl who is a victim of a conspiracy, and her life is sought for diplomatic reasons.' She wins successfully t.hronirh many trials and tribulations and has [the full sympathy, of the audi«&«« la

her strenuous fight. Miss Suratt lias given some powerful and delightful portrayals in her previous pictures, but has never done anything quite so good ns her characterisation of "The Victim.'' Tile screening nights will be to-night and to-morrow night only.