SHORTT'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 87, 12 April 1923, Page 5

SHORTT'S THEATRE.

Dorothy D&lton and Jack Holt are the featured player* in the Paramount picture, "On the High Seas," which will be screened for the last time at Shortt's Theatre to-day. Leone Devereaux i* eaved from a. wreck and goes through many thrilling adventures, during which the girl learns to love ons of her rescuers. The second feature is "Anna Ascends," in which Alice Brady playg the lead. Picturesque isles of the South Seas, England, India—all these are embraced in the peculiar plot of Thomas Meighan's latest' Paramount picture, "The ' Man Who Saw To-morrow," which vtjgl be screened at Shortt'a Theatre to-morrow. Some of the hardest acting that the'good luck itar has ever done is included in this story, which deals with a problem of divided affection, in a most unusual manner. An unusual cast surrounds the star. Leatrioe Joy is the leading woman. Eva Novak, June Elvidge, John Miltern, Laurance Wheat, Theodore Robert*, as a trick trader of the South Seas j Albert Roscoe, Alec Francis, Robert Brower— are some of the best-known names. Several highly colourful sets in the East Indian sequence Tie with the island views for beauty and picturesqueness. There are also New York episodes, as well as scenes in fashionable England. It is a distinctly cosmopolitan picture, with a plot that is among the most original of a decade. The supporting films are of a high order and include the latest gazettes, which deal with many topical subjects. Specially-selected music has been arranged to assist the programme.