RACES! RACES! RACES! PARAMOUNT & ARTCRAFT. TO-DAY AND ALL THE WEEK. THE GREATEST RACE OK THEM ALL. "THE KENTUCKY DERBY," ' THE BLUE RIBBON EVENT OF THE SEASON. A Mighty Narrative of Strange and Absorbing Romance and Adventure on Land and Sea. "THE KENTUCKY DERBY." Good Supporting Items''include: • TOM MIX in "ARAJ3IA." Reels of Laughing Romance and Reßtive Rogues. BEAUTIFUL AND SUITABLE MUSIC BY OUR ORCHESTRAS. PARAMOUNT ARTCRAFT (MR. CHARMS PARNELL). !(MRS. A. WRIGHT). Times of Screening—" Kentucky Derby " : Paramount 7.55 p.m., Artcraft 9.16 p.«, MATINEES—DAILY, PARAMOUNT 2.15 p.m.; ARTCRAFT (Saturday Only), 2.15 p,m. EVENING SESSlONS—Paramount, 7.30 p.m.; Artcraft, 7.45 p.m. PRlCES—Matinees, Is Id and Is. Bd, Children half-price. Evening Sessions, Stalls Is Bd, Back Stalls 2s 2d, Dress Circle 2s 9d. No extra for Booking. >. SECURE YOUR SEATS.' BOX PLANS: FOR PARAMOUNT AT UTILITY, or TELEPHONE 21-842. FOR ARTCRAFT AT BRISTOL, or TELEPHONE 3470. Telephone Bookings held till 7,45 p.m. only. FRIDAY, 20th April—" MY FRIEND THE DEVIL." """"empress theatre THE BEST THEATRE IN WELLINGTON. Open from 11 a.m. till Sleepytime. NOW SHOWJNG! NOW SHOWING ! WE PRESENT THE GREATEST FILM CLASSIC EVER MADE. A Masterpiece of Amazing Scenes and Breath-catching Climaxes. Unquestionably the Greatest Motion Picture over made on the Continent of Europe. Gra*tar eyen than "Quo Vadis?" A Marvellous French Photoplay of more than 8000 ft of Stupendous and Stunning Film. Produced in Northern Africa by the-Great-French Genius, JACQUES FEYDER. Adapted frpm the Celebrated Novel by Pierr* Bonoit, " L'-ATLANTIDE." "MISSING HUSBANDS." A ROMANCE THAT HAS BROKEN ALL RECORDS IN FRANCE.' PRODUCED IN PARIS A YEAR AGO—IT IS STILL RUNNING TO-DAY. TELLS OF the tortured yearning for TELLS OF the Love Story of Antinea, a. ■woman's fevered kisses, luring men to a lovoly woman imprisoned m an earthly the Red Death of the Desert. paradise. .. TELLS OF men forgetting ©very in- TELLS OF the Love Madness which stinct of civilisation in fevered frenzy of seizes men, and of' reason lost in th» ecstatic desiro. blaze of tropic love. "MISSING- HUSBANDS." A STORY THAT HAS BEEN READ BY MILLIONS, PICTURISED IN ALL ITS GORGEOUS SPLENDOUR. YOU will. SEE and FEEL the tremendous adventures, romance, and thrill created by Benoit's genius and extraordinary imagination. YOU will see for the first time REAL Turkish Harems and Sensational Dances that are tho Acme of Art. YOU will journey to Africa, where romance, flowers, and mystery lurk. A Gem of Dramatic Intensity in a Setting of Tropic Splendour, eclipsing th» "Thousand and.One Nights," and rivalling the glories of Cleopatra's Day. "MISSING HUSBANDS." PLEASE REMEMBER.—" Missing Husbands" is a Mighty Film Classic, and we are sure to be crowded every night, so ploas© BOOK YOUR SEATS, or attend the Day Sessions if possible. " Missing Husbands " is the first big Continental Film to como to New Zealand since the days of " Quo Vadis?'' It was made by < Frenchmen, all the artists'are French. It is Wonderful, Absolutely Wonderful. Besides— LARRY.SEMQNJn "GOLF," a Real Scream of a Comedy. And EMPRESS DISTINCTIVE ORCHESTRA The only Great Orchestra in Wellington, under the Distinguished Conductorship of • : MR. L. D. AUSTIN. . :. BOX PLAN AT THE BRISTOL OR RING 3442.—We're Always on tho Job. QUEEN'S, QUEEN'S, COMMENCING TO-DAY, 2.15 and 7.30. SELZNICK PICTURES PRESENT THE REMARKABLE AND UNIQUE DRAMA: "AT THE SIGN OF THE JACK O' LANTERN,"- ; By ■ ' ■: ' , MYRTLE REED. ' , A Haunted House that looks like a Jack o' Lantern when nig;ht comes. A hufe black cat that has an uncanny habit of appearing at every psychological moment. A shadowy figure that is seen prowling about tho halls at midnight and —A Search for Buried Treasure. A THRILLING, MARVELLOUS MYSTERY! THEN THERE IS THE BRILLIANT METRO PRODUCTION: "LOMBARD!, LTD.," Starring BERT LYTELL and ALICE LAKE. Wherein the Hero had-Beautiful Girls all around him, but his heart remained faithful to one alone, and when she played him false, what happened? Well, that s \ what you're going to soe. * FULL SUPPORTING PROGRAMME. QUEEN'S SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (Conductor— MR. A. H. JEROME), i Usual Prices. Box Plan at Theatre. Telephone 22-554. (WELLINGTON RACING CLUB. RACES I ■-' ■ RACES r.. TRENTHAM RACECOURSE. AUTUMN MEETING. AUTUMN MEETING. LAST DAY! LAST DAY! TO-MORROW (SATURDAY, 14th APRIL). '* - FIRST RACE STARTS AT NOON, i ' Trains leave for Racecourse, Trentham, at frequent intervals, from 9.50 until 10 40 am Additional trains leave Wellington at 11.56 a.m., 12.15, 1.12, and 1.20 p.m The 11.56 a.m. train will not stop between Wellington and Trontham. Ladies and Children travelling by earlier trains, not Race Trams, will b« admitted free to the Club's Picnic Grounds m the Outside Enclosure. Hot water provided. Ladies' retiring rooms. , ,
: MANAWATU RAOINCI CLUB (Incoi'p.). AUTUMN MEETING.. i WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY, 18th ; and 19th APRIL, 1923. A CCEPTANCES for the FIRST DAY'S RACES will close on FRI- ! DAY, the 13th APRIL, 1923, at 9 p.m. I • MANAWATU RACING CLUB, Box 52, Palmerston North. Telephone 6264. .■^TISITORS to Race Meeting irishing V ' HOT LUNCH, try RACECOURSE. STORE AND TEAROOMS, Outside Racecourse Gale. Hot Lunoh from 11.30 a.m. daily.
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 88, 13 April 1923, Page 2
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