AMUSEMENTS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17090, 23 August 1917, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS.

r"]"J^ nOW j W r? :e '"-i. Featuring ' Margnerita? Uianc and Dorothy Oummmg, oontinues to attract big audiences at the Empire Theatre.' rrettily mounted, and characterised by delightful acting, "Snow-white" is a'filn£ presentation of a captivating fairy story.* JLt is a highly .entertaining picture,- aiidU topether with tho fine variety rf supporting? turns, provides abundant entertainment for 1 * those -who patronise this theatre. ,'v "BIRTH OP A NATION." Tho Birth of a Nation" was screened' to good houses at the Octagon and KW Edward Theatres yesterday. It is a film which holds the spectators interest from start to finish throughout the three houra : occupied in its screening: Particularly estmg is tho gathering of the Ku Klufc Klair avengers ark! their starring ride to establish? order and enforce the prestige of the whiteq* a tender loro story. which ruiw throng the piece ends happily with tho" subjugation of the coloured elementFleshing scenes of southern life form tho brighter side of the picture, and a' good' representation is given of America's great President Lincoln, 'but there. are of neces- '• sity darker scenes descriptive of the troublous times through wmoh the nation' was then .passing. The orchestral music was' suitably chosen, and added in no small' 1 mea-mre to the impression which tho film, must have left on those who witnessed ' IGNORANCE." Tho deeply absorbing morality play, Ignorance, is beinsr shown to eppreciar tive audiences at the Plaza Theatre. It 'tella' the rtory, vividly and without ookrar, of a" poor but pretty girl who placed her trust' in a supposed friesnd. The film is a powerful indictment of the baseness of .the world. "Ignorance" is the opening shot m the Women's League arosade against the subtlo lure of vice. Children under l 6' years are not admitted. It is one of those" thoughtful films which most be seen to b& appreciated. v

JUVENILE DANDIES.

This combination of clever children will: appear again to-night at Hl3 Majesty's Theatre in the interests of the Y.MC. Ar hostel fund. The progxaji>mo will bo to--peated_ intact, as given on Saturday last* and will be well worth seeing,, especially as' the costumes lend themselves so harmo-' niously to Mr Simpson's limelight effects.' It has been stated that fch© is worth attending for the purpose of seeing the magnificent Tableaux of Bubbles alone," but there is no doubt that ©vary item ia^a 1 top-liner.