ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 April 1918, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. A BRILLIANT NEW AC'J'KKSS, ALEXANDRA CARLISLE IN '•TIDES OF FATE."

"Tides of Fate," a World film ot much beauty, many a heartache and sofne reuiu tense moments, is the centrepiece in the bill at Everybody's to-day and to-night, in "Tides of Fate'' a new star, Alexandra Carlisle, makes her debut on the screen and proves herself a bright and winsome personality and a capable actress The story told is virile though not original, it is of a bright and innocent girl, who falls in with a scoundrel—a suave, easy-mannered man of the world, who finds her prey The pathos of the tale comes with the awakening of womanhood in the girl, together with the realisation of how she has been duped and her life ruined. The play makes a tense, exciting drama, with a fine climax. The fun-film of the entertainment is the Triangle masterpiece, "Secrets of a Beauty Parlour" a laugh-ter-raiser with not a dull moment The fourth episode of "The Girl in the Game" is also showing on tliiri programme. THE EMPIRE MATINEE TO-DAY "THE PENDLETON ROUND-UP"' AND "PEO 0' THE RING'

The kiddies are being well catered for at The Empire matinee this afternoon when the programme will include the "Great Pendleton Round-up," the sixth epsode of "Peg o' the Ring," a side-splitting two-reel comedy ana the Topical Weekly Children will be ad mittetl at the usual matinee price, viz., threepence. TO-IfIGHT LAST SCREENING OF "THE JURY OF FATE" AND "THE PENDLETON ROUND-UP " To-night will be the final screening of the splendid Metro feature, 'The .lury

of Fate,'' with Mabel Taliaferro in the leading role This subject lias proved most popular during the paot two nights ami will again prove a big draw for this evening On the same programme there is the second, and last series of the exciting cowboy competitions, "The Pendleton Round-up'' and also the sixth episode of "Peg o' the Ring."

A GREAT COMEDY-DRAMA, 'DADDY LONG LEGS." This latest big J. C Williamson success, "Daddy Long Legs." is to be presented at the Theatre -Royal, Waitara, on Tuesday next, the 10th insi. To play-goers who have noi already read the book* or seen the play, the story of "Daddy Long Legs" will be of interest no doubt, A millionaire, .Tervis Pendleton by name, is one of the trustees of the "John Greer Home foi Orphans" He becomes interested in one of the in-

mates, a young girl known as Judy, and is determined to give her a college education, so that she may have a clianco in the world, but lie stiuplates that she

is not to know who bur heoeractor is, and she is to report cnee a month to him by letier. an to her progress at collegeShe is not to expect a reply to her letters to him, his desire being to remain entirely in the background. Judy, in her childish gratitude, christens him "Daddy Long Legs,'' for all she lias seen of him is his shadow thrown up on the wall as he is leaving the orphanage. ■Tudv is now fast becoming famous as an author. She often sees Jervis Pendleton, but does not dream that he is "Daddy Long Legs.'' A deep attachment springs up between them, and Jervis asks Judy to become his wife. She refuses, saying there is someone else she loves more than lum Jervis thinks that she is in love with a young man named Mcßridge, but, his generous nature asserts itself. Therefore he writes to Judy in bis assumed name, "Daddy Long Legs." and tell? her he wider-

stands Ilia; she is in love with MeBridge, and releases hev from all her promises, also bestowing upon her a handsome annuity for life: An answer comes back telling deat "Daddy Long Legs'-' that she does not, love Mcßridge. but on" the name of .'lervis Pendleton, whom she loves even better than "Daddy Long Legs." Judy comes to the home of "Daddy Long Legs" to see him, as he has heen ill, and of course finds out

that lier dear ''Daddy Long 1-egs" is none other than the man she loves. The play Is in four act". The box plan is at Mr. R CJribbon'i- where seatß may be reserved