KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 79, 1 October 1923, Page 3

KING'S THEATRE.

Rex Beach stories, ■which.Have proged such great favourites, amongst novel' readers, are proving equally popular • with lovers of the silver-sheet. Crowded houses at the King's Theatre each! evening receive with rapt attention tho screening of one of the most famous of Beach's stories, "The Ne'er do Well,"-' in which Thomas Meighan and Lila Lea | play tho principal roles. The location, of the plot placed in the zone surrounding tho Panama Canal lends a great ' deal of extra interest to a fascinating theme, worked out in masterly manner* Kirk Anthony, son of wealthy parents, wastes his time in sport, .doing nothing useful, and eventually, after being im-< plicated in certain bank frauds, is shanghaied on a steamer bound for Panama., He falls in love, which adds further to liis desire to make good, but his love affairs become complicated by the unasked for love of a married woman. There is a thrilling climax, in -which love \ and firing squads are inextricably mixed up, but all ends happily for the lovers, A supporting picture "Bedroom Scandal and a short. but interesting Gazette complete an excellent till. The orchestra, a fine combination' under the leadership of Mr. L. D. Austin, plays the "Anvil Chorus," from'.Verdi's "II Trovatore," during the interval, as well as delightful incidental music during the screening of the programme.