ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 16 February 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE EMPIRE. LAST NIGHT OF PETBOVA IN "TO THE DEATH." ( nod crowds have been in attendance ill the Empire the last two evening* whore the chief attraction has been the : Tplicaranee of the famous screen star Petrova in a tense dramatic j-nortni\:(l "To The Death." It is a •jt r'.king dramatic production, with the M-eiic ];iill in Corsica, and portrays vividly the paried passions in stormy lives. •Madame IVtrova is seen to great advantage in this film, and very careful attention has been paid to detail. Much .)f 'fie scenery is magnificent. The final -cra-nings will be at the matinee this afternoon and' to-night. COMINft MONDAY. "A" MORMON MAID" The sensational film success "A Mor--•■•'.1011 Maid," featuring Mae Murray and i-loliart Bosworth, which commences a I luce night season at the Empire next, j Monday, depicts in six tense reels the j ;»';i.Miiii;iW# ways of the Mormons in- | 'mliii'mjr 1-tah. There is a big dramatic j force in llic utory of the girl wliO-fought free from the clutches of Morimmism. EVERYBODY'S ALICE BRADY IN "THE SELFMADE WIDOW." ! The boldness of the title does not i;iin more than do justice to the cleverof (lie plot of "The Self-Made Widow," the Wiirld drama screened at !weryliody's this afternoon and to-night. 1 .Alice Brady portrays the heroine and is [- M il in what can confidently be said to | !«> lier best role to date. As a conilj irv i:ill who believes everything she j 1 ...' . 'he conies to the city to be met l:y the wile unci family of the man she v.as to elope with. She is in utter despair, she cannot go buck to town, : nd hearing that someone named Castle.ion has just suicided, she persuades a JV.uiym to marry her under the dead Usui's name. Then she finds herself in a position of grave difficulty for the dead mail was a millionaire. He turns up to iiml a great set of surprises awaiting Jills*, and the rest of the play is a rush •>' dramatic incidents. However, all ■ in!" well. The settings are in modern r-niely Mirroundings in New York and She east is a remarkable strong one, • •oiin flowers us the hero is handsome and likable, and acts with great emotional force, while Herbert Barrington as Crosby the villain, is thoroughly convincing. The programme includes the 1 loth episode of "The Iron Cl*t