ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 July 1918, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

■ BIG DOUBLE ATTRACTION TO-NIGHT. "FAITH" AND "A TALE OF TWO CITIES." It is doubtful if a greater personal success has been registered in a photoplay than that which Mary Miles Minter achieves in the emotional drama, "Faith," one of the star items on the new programme at Everybody's to-night and to-morrow. The story of "Faith" is an absorbing one, and keeps the audience fascinated from beginning to end. Mary Miles Minter is cast in the name part, that of a little orphan, homeless and nameless, and it is just the character in which she excells. Supporting this attraction is a second big success from the Greater Vitagraph studio, entitled "A Tale of Two Cities," from the noted book by Charles Dickens. This is e. magnificent production of that all absorbing story, and (the leading roles are taken by Maurice Costello and Antonio Moreno. There is no fake, or double photographic effects In the leading parts, each of which portrayed by artists of world renowned fame. The screening nights of this programme will be to-night and to-morrow only. THE EMPIRE, A MOTION PICTURE CLASSIC. •THE GARDEN OF ALLAH." Robert Hitchens's popular story, "The Garden of Allaih," converted into moving picture by the Selig Company, forms the main attraction of the new programme at the Empire. Ih book form "The Garden of Allah" was among the the "best sellers" oi its day, and therefore the story la probably familiar to most picture-goers. It is a story that is as unusual as it is tragic, and tells of a wealthy young English girl who, unable to attain complete contentment in her life in England, resolves to travel. She decides on Algeria, and on arrival 1 there the spirit of the desert takes entire possession of her; further she meets there a man who inspires in her a feeling that is something more than • love—something akin to aw. This m»ti is a Trappist monk (having taken the vows when verv young and wfhile under the influence of deep mental stress) has fled the monastery to reenter the living world. They are married, and are impelled to obey the "call of the desert," travelling far inland, and , living what they consider "the ideal , life" on an oasis. But, after a time, the man becomes stricken with remorse, and eventually his broken vows and the deception of his wife compel him to make a full confession. Ths confession leads up to an ending that is tragic for both husband and wife. The picture is Temarkable for the many really beautiful desert scenes, ajid for the , glimpses given of Arab life.