ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 8 July 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. FINAL SCREENING OF "THE DORMANT POWER." The World film feature, "The Dormant Power," in which Montague Love, Ethel Clayton and a strong cast are now appearing, at Every- ; body's, is a graphic photo-story that mainly j deals with love. The play is interpreted with i the usual genius peculiar to World film pro- I ductions, and, judging by the enthusiasm of Saturday's audience, it has admirably hit the taste of local picture patrons. "The Neglected Wife" also appears on this programme, which is showing for the last time to-night. COMING TO-MORROW—MARY MILES MINTER IN "FAITH." The popular little Mutual star, Mary Miles Minter, will feature to-morrow and Wednesday in a pleasing and pathetic drama, entitled "FalUi." This is a typical Miles Minter story that mingles smiles and tears, and incidentally proves the great attraction for ninety per cent, of motion picture enthusiasts. On the same programme there will bo an added attraction in the superb Vitagraph de luxe feature, "A Tale of Two Cities." THE EMPIRE. ANOTHER MIGHTY MOTION-PICTURE MASTERPIECE. "THE GARDEN OF ALLAH." Th« setting and the theme of a picture drama have seldom been in such harmony as in the Selig masterpiece, "The Garden of Alleii," which commences a three-night season at The Empire to-night. This is a picturisation of Robert Hichcns' powerful novel of the same name, and the screen reproduces the mysterious glamour of the Sahara Desert even more successfully than tiie book itself does. Tho austere, flery fervour of Algerian days and nights have their counter-part in this passionate love which was forbidden, and of the sacrifice which atoned for it. Helen Ware, as Domini, meets a strange man at Beni-Mara. At first he flees at the mere sight of a woman, but there comes a time when his uncontrollable desire throws him into her arms. He begs her not to listen to what he says, but she replies: "You must say it; for 1 must hear it." A terrific sandstorm occurs as they are being married. It is almost as though an angry fate were giving them a last warning, An immense drama which grips from first to last. It is a weird tale that holds it spell of mystery, ami its ending is almost tragic. Selig produced "The Spoilers," "The Ne'er Do Well," and "The Rosary," which have all been milestones in motion-picture history, but in "The Garden of Allah" they have even exceeded the standard of the previous pictures. This big superfeature is bein? screened at the usual prices.