ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 26 January 1920, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE EMPIRE. MARY PICKFORD IN "DADDY LONG LEGS." PACKED TO THE DOORS SATURDAY t The delightful Mary Pickford feature "Daddy Long Legs'' opened its local season at the Empire to a packed house. This picture, which is Mary Pickford's very first own production, is an attraction with universal appeal. It is filled with children and their doings. Moreover the children are not everyday kiddies with parents and homes, but the little charges of an orphan asylum, which is sadly mismanaged. The role of Judy Abbott is played by Mary Pickford. She is a twelve yea.r old girl, fuU of life and fun, dodging the repressive methods of the superintendent of the home to run off and help her companions, who are faring ill on the miserable diet and poor care they receive. Among the children supporting the star is the funniest and most freckled boy ever seen in pictures. It is doubtful if any picture before screened has given the audience the same wholesome enjoyment as this subject did on Saturday." It simply gets a grip on the heart right from the opening scene and never lets up to the finish. "Daddy Long Legs" shows again to-night and at the matinee and night season to-morrow. Intending patrons should reserve seats at Collier's, EVERYBODY'S. CONSTANCE TALMADGE IN "WHO ' CARES." "Who Cares," the delightful comedydrama to be screened at Everybody's to-night, gives Constance Talmad'ge plenty of scope to portrfty the care-free Irresponsible wife. She is very charming as Joan Ludlow, who. while living With her old grandparents) enjoys some* harmless flirtations with Martin Grey, a city man. She is placed by accident in a difficult situation, and Martin marries her to save her reputation, but respects her extreme innocence. This unnatural condition of affairs sends the husband to his club. Meanwhile the young wife has engaged in what she supposes to be a harmless flirtation, but in reality the acquaintance is full of peril. Comes a substantial climax and the two then asrree to return home and conduct themselves like a sensible married couple. The "Further Adventures of Btin»aree" will also be screened with tonights programme. THE PEOPLE'S.

LAST NIGHT OP LENA CAVALIERI. The beautiful Lena Cavalieri, who lias endeared herself to picture fans on areount_ of her' striking beantr and histrionic talent, appears in a fine, role in Love's Conquest," screening at the Peoples to-night. There are many thrilling situations in the picture which, apart from being intensely dramatic, has unusual heart appeal. Madame Cavalieri is provided with an excellent supporting ca , B t, and her leading man is Courtnay Foote, a popular actor, who has been seen in numerous pictures. °

BIG DOUBLE BILL TO-MORROW. To-morrow's big new bill presents Mack Sennett's latest menagerie, "When Love is Blind," in two acts starring all f P,lulille Frederick in So,,t ot the Shadow" is in one of her strongest roles Scene by scene: "Out ot the Shadow' mounts to the very topmost peak of drama. Pauline 1-redenek as the wronged wife, tortured by her new sense of duty, makes a picture you won't soon forget.