ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 7 September 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

♦ « EVERYBODY'S. "FIRES OF YOUTH." The producers of the pretty Paths, films.are brought to the attention of picture patrons again, for there is a presentation from-these studios, "Firesof Youth-," in the topmost place at Everybody's to-day. "Fires of Youth" is a screen play that comes here with a good reputation, and, to judge by, its plot, it is as dramatic as the most critical could wish. Frederick Ward had some fame as a character actor on the genuine stage, and here he makes an appearance in the part of -Peter Pemberton, a self-made man, who returns to work as a laborer in a foundry near his birth-place. Here he finds that he has a hard row to hoe, for he incurs the enmity of his fellow-workers, and is refused when he proposes to Rose, the girl with whom he has fallen in love. She has a sweetheart, and when the' foundry hands decide to kill Pemberton it is Rose wb/> draws, on behalf of her sweetheart, the fatal lot that decides who shall do the murder. This is one of the dramatic moments in this interesting romance, but it is not the only one. The 4 screen actors hold the roles of all the principal characters. There is the fourteenth episode of "The Neglected Wife," and the Topical Budget in support. i-HE EMPIRE. • OLGA PETROVA IN "DAUGHTER OF DESTINY." TO-UAY AND TO-NIGHT. The reigning attraction at the Empire, "The Daughter of Destiny," is a screen story which throws an interesting light on the subject of morganatio marriages. In this play Mme. Petrova takes fhe role of Marion Ashley, who first marries a worthless artist named Jorn. He is a spy, and eventually causes it to be believed that he is dead. Marion then contracts a morganatic marriage witu the Prince Leopold of Belmark. The two are passionately fond of each other. The story then relates the intrigues of another powerful country against Belmark, and includes the dramatic reappearance of Jorn. The subsequent trend of events brings a stormy and exciting pic ture to a happy conclusion. The picture is altogether a good one and shows at the matinee this afternoon and finally to-night. COMING TO-MORROW. FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN AND BEVERLY BAYNE IN "THE GREAT SECRET." The popular screen double, Bushman and Bayne, will feature at the Empire on Monday in the first episode of the super-serial 'The Great Secret," which is sure to break all records for attendances. Monday's change also features Irene Castle in "Stranded in Arcady," a splendid Paths special drama. AT EVERYBODY'S. EXPOSURE OF THE HUNS' METHODS' "THE SPY SYSTEM." The William Fox special "The Spy System," is tlio attraction at Everybody's Tuesday and Wednesday, next. "The Spy System" is a war play which gets away from the usual empty noise and blatant melodrama so commonly associated with productions of this kind!. In the entire length of the picture not a single battle scene is flashed on the screen. The thread of the story is concerned more with the intricacies of international relations and the revelations | of diplomatic episodes with which the public is unfamiliar. Duatin Famum takes the role of an indolent young American, who goes to Germany in order toobtain a list of the Imperial Government's spies in the United States. He I runs into every sort of danger and takes his life.into his hands more than once. In the end, however, he gains the list ho bas wanted. The story combines ?tenes of thrilling adventure with a drastic exposure of the Huns' sneaking methods of intrigue. Prices of admission are, D.C Is (id and stalls Is (plus tax), and there are a few front seats at (!d. The box plan opens at Collier's this morning and there is no charge for booking.