ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY'S. LAST NIGHT OF GAIL KANE IN "WHOSE WIFE." To-night wilfcbe the last occasion that the powerful "Mutual" drama "Whose Wife" will be screened. Gail Kane is cast in the leading part in this tensi domestic drama which proved very popular with Saturday's packed house. The' supports include the third episode of th e exciting railroad serial, "The Girl and the Game,' with intrepid Helen Holmet in the chief part. TO-MORROW-GEORGE WALSH IN "HIGH FINANCE." \ The popular favorite, George Walsh, will be the star attraction to-morrow and Wednesday in another of his whirlwind comedy-dramas entitled "High Finance." For "Ipunch* and action this latest Walsh feature exceeds' even "The Mediator" or "The Beast" and will furl ther endear George Walsh to all classes of motion picture patrons. THE EMPIRI BESSIE LOVE IN "THE SAWDUST RING." Bessie Love makes a triumphal return to the screen in the latest Triangle drama, "The Sawdust Ring," at the Empire Theatre to-night- She is charming in every scene, and full of a quaint and clever humor. The story is unique. Bessie's mother was the wife of the owner of the greatest circus in America, and she had discovered him in what she thought was infidelity. Disgusted and broken-hearted, she had left him and had struggled on earning her own living. In the little girl's heart there was always the love of the circus and when a mammoth short comes to the town, she and a boy companion run away with an old grey horse, and set about touring America with their own little circus. The boy, by the way, is wonderful. They have together a most amazing set of adventures, and always manage to pay their way. Eventually, through an accidental meeting the little girl is the means of reconciling her parents. There are many peeps at the strange lives of those who follow the career of the ring and somo splendid interior circus scenesThe supporting cast is strong and even, and the settings superb. The programme includes the final episode of "The Secret Kingdom." To enable the kiddies to see "The Sawdust Ring" the management has arranged a special matinee for to-morrow afternoon, commencing at a. quarter past three.