KING'S THEATRE
Picture drama of an unusual type was shown at the King's Theatre last night in the principal feature, Marshal Neilan's "Bits of Life." "Bits of Life" is described as expressing the producer's revolt against the stereotyped "happ.yl ending" picture play, and consists of a series of three powerful little ' 'stories of life," and a- light and yet thrilling "dream drama. The first three stories turn upon the queer tricks of fate. In one a typical American criminal turns from his evil ways for once to play the good Samaritan, and, his one good deed lands him in prison. In the;second a. stone-deaf man, by means of an, artificial aid, recovers his hearing-, and has his life shattered as the result; and in the third is a rather terrible Chinatown story of superstition and death. The pictures are presented in a verbal setting, provided by Mr. Culford Bell. He recites very ably "Life is a Game of Cards" and "Not Understood." An epilogue is presented in a dance by Misses Joan Beere and Florence Heyworth, who were'loudly applauded for their contribution.
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Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1922, Page 7
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182KING'S THEATRE Evening Post, Volume CIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1922, Page 7
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