PARAMOUNT THEATRE.
■■ In his "Island Night's Entertainment," Robert Louis Stevenson told some charming and fantastic stories of the Southern Seas, and one of the best was "The Bottle Imp," now being shown in picture form at the Paramount Theatre. A young Islander, in love with the king's daughter, makes a long journey to secure fcho feather cloaks which will win him his bride. He does not obtain the feathers, but he becomes possessed of the magical bottle, in which is imprisoned tKe imp of the volcano. The imp will grant every wish of the possessor, but the man who dies with the bottle in his possession will lose his soul. The bottle, moreover, must not be given away, but sold, and for less than the last purchaser paid for it. The Islander, by virtue of his mastership of the bottle imp, becomes wealthy, and wins the girl of his choice. Then he is stricken with leprosy, and to rid himself of the disease buys back the bottle, the price of which has fallen to one cent. How to dispose of it at less than this price is the problem confronting him. The play is well acted, and the settings of real Pacific Island scenes are very fine. The handsome Japanese actor, Sessue Hayakawa, is admirable as the hero of the fairy story. Supporting pictures included in "this week's programme are of & high standard.
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Evening Post, Volume XCIV, Issue 38, 14 August 1917, Page 3
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