"THE BRASS BOTTLE."

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 153, 27 December 1923, Page 3

"THE BRASS BOTTLE."

"The Brass Bottle," Maurice Torneur's fantastic comedy-drama from the novel of the same name by F. Anstey, j English author, will be the First ■ National screen novelty featured at the Empress Theatre .to-morrow. Tho story ' revolves around the adventures of a struggling young architect who releases! a genie from a brass bottle in .which he has been confined for many thousand ■: years. The genie in gratitude for his release showers the architect with : favours which, owing to the circumstances and the change of customs during the period of the genie's imprisonment, prove embarrassing. The story is an extraordinary intermingling' of . modern London and King Solomon's court of six thousand years ago: the genie, with all his powers of . materialisation, accomplishes the seemingly impossible with a wave of his hand, but unfortunately is unfamiliar with the needs of modern times. The story is one that can best be told by the marvels of photograph It is described as a delightfully refreshing tale with many a smile and all of the splendour of the days of old. The picture is, hailed as the screen innovation of the year. Prominent in the cast are Harry Myers, Ernest Torrance, Charlotte Merriam, Barbara La' Marr, Tully Marshall, Clarissa Selwyn, Ford Ster % ling, Aggie Herring, and ~Ed Jobson. The box plan is at the theatre.