ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1918, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

EVERYBODY'S. LAST NIGHT OF THEDA BAEA M "HER GREATEST LOVE." Theda Bara scored another wonderful success at Everybody's last night, when she appeared before a full house in the Fox feature, "Her Greatest Love," adapted from Ouida's famous novel "Moths." Miss Bara has a remarkable dramatic power, and it has never been more fully portrayed than in this soulstirring story- Love, tragedy and pathos go hand in hand through the picture, and ever t'iio sympathies of the onlookers go out to the girl who is sacrificed to gratify a mother's ambition. Its a gem of dramatic production, intensified by the glorious portrayal of Miss Bara. To-night is the last screening. TO-MORROW. BESSIE LOVE IN A TRIANGLE PLAY Charming little Bessie Love stars tomorrow in the Triangle feature, "The Heiress of Coffee Dans," which is one of those human heart stories that bring ; smiles and tears at t'lie same moment. In support there will be one of the popular Fox comedy specials, entitled "Love and Logs," which is quite up to the remarkable standard of th« previous Fox comedies. -._ —, .■* THE EMPIRE. OLGA iPETROVA - IN HER SECOND BIG SPECIAL FEATURE. Madame Petrova at the Empire tonight and to-morrow, in "The Light Within" makes her second appearance in her own company and even improves upon her first performance. This, perhaps, is partly due to the fact that the story is an even better one and gives unequalled opportunity for her fine acting. Throughout she shows that remarkable restraint which is, in her hands, so much more impressive than extravagant action. As Doctor Laurel Carlisle she is married to a narrowhusband who maintains that a woman's place is her home, and who drives her at last to hatred of him. To make matters worse she finds that she loves a colleague and a strong dramatic situation culminates when both husband and lover lie in danger of death from anthrax and she lias only enough antidote for one of them. As the husband has poisoned himself with the anthrax while trying to destroy the antidote and so causes the death of the lover the conflicting emotions called forth are very intense. Olga Petrova rises to great heights of restrained emotion and the story ia a really great one from all points of view. The settings, needless to say, are magnificent and remarkable dresses are a feature.

SPECIAL MATINEE PROGRAMME TO-MORROW. Tho management will screen a special matinee programme to-morrow afternoon, when one of the chief features will be the Fox comedy, "Love and Logs," one of those highly amusing pictures that are now so famous with both adults and kiddies. Supporting this picture there are two other coiaedies, "How- Wiffles Mfenagcd Things," and "The Shabbies"; also the "Lass of the Lumberlands," and a Topical Gazette. Parents need not worry about where to send the kiddies. The Empire matinee each Saturday stands out alone. THE GREAT HUMANITY MOTION PICTURE. ■"THE HONOR SYSTEM." London, New York, and Australian critics have been unanimous in ing the ten-reel cinema problem play, "The Honor System," as marking the entrance of t'he photo-play into a still greater field of activity than it has hitherto achieved. The humaneness of its appeal has, it is said, greatly enhanced the popularity that has been accorded it. Special attention must be drawn to the interest it created in Australia, where in the big centres thousands were turned away nightly. "The Honor System," it is claimed, is motion picture at its best; its qualifications, in addition to that of being a, source of great entertainment, are also instructive. Ilio various scenes, not colored or exaggerated, embody what might be termed the swiftest moving picture story that has ever been screened. It is a picture big with humanity, in the course of whidhi it deals with a great subject, the lasting reformation of the law-breaker under the most modern form of prison legislation, as is now being world-wide introduced — viz., the honor system. This picture is to be screened nest Tuesday and Wednesday at Everybody's. In Wellington it was presented under the patronage of Sir Robert Stout, Hon. T. M. Wiiford, Hon. J. A. Hanan, Sir John Findlay, M.P., Mr P. V. Erazer, S.M., Mr C. E. Matthews, and other prominent men. The prices of admission will be D.C. Is Cd and stalls Is (plus tax). Box plan opens at Collier's to-morrpTf and seats can be reserved without extra charge.