ENTERTAINMENTS.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 March 1918, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS.

THE EMPIRE. FRANCIS X. BUSHMAN IAND BEVER-

To-night, at the Empire Theatre, Francis Bushman and Beverley Bayne will be seen in "Their Compact," to singular advantage in parts that suit them admirably. The play itself is full of action and there is romance, adventure, excitement, suspense and a strong climax. "Their Compact" is a mining story and the life of "Silverville" is graphically shown. Mr. Buslmian plays James Van Dyke Moore, a New Yorker who goes west to take care of his mining properties. James Van Dyke Moore is a man of his word—he never fails to keep a promise. He makes one promise that he regrets—but he keeps it. Especially does he regret it after he has seen adorable Mollie Anderson (Beverley Bayne). There are some wonderful fights with the miners—and who can put up a better fight than Bushman ? There is adventure, excitement, peril—and finally the sun shining after the storm. "Their Compact* is one of the most gripping, vital, forceful photodramas ever screened—a worthy vehicle for these two superb stars. On the same programme there will be screened the second chapter of the fascinating circus drama, "Adventures of Peg o' the Ring," which with its huge cast of talent, acts, incidents and real "sawdust, ring" events, bids fair to become one of the most popular pictures ever introduced locally.

EVERYBODY'S. A BLUE-RIBBON feature. t TO-NIGHT. "FOR FRAN'CIi." The moat convincing story of the war ever put upon the screen can be claimed to be true of "For France," the Greater Vitagraph drama screening at Everybody's to-night and to-morrow. Two new Vitagraph stars made their bow to picture audiences, and there is no doubt of their certain popularity. Betty Howo first appears as the daughter of a French professor who sings the "Marsellaise' - at a diplomatic garden party in Paris prior to the outbreak of the great war. She is a brunette with adorable stage ways and has great emotional powers, as is witnessed in the scene where she has to submit to the brutal djhbrace of the Hun officer in whose power she falls. The war scenes are fresh and realistic. They are mostly on open warfare, as it existed in the first invasion of France and there is some positively amazing aeroplane work. Everyone w'ill remark on the extraordinary success of the director in selecting the types for the various parts, the Hun officer being a "real life" part. The scenes at the outbreak of the war in Paris are the genuine thing, and the whole drama is most satisfying. There is a fine supporting programme including the "Gaumont Graphic," "Her Rise and Tumble" (Keystone comedy), and a fine scenic film "Along the Rio Grande."