EMPRESS THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1924, Page 3

EMPRESS THEATRE.

A Western story of more than usual power, "The Girl .of the Golden West," occupies the leading place on the programme released at the Empress Theatre to: day. There will be found in it no Broadway cowboys, no Indians, no running gun fight, no pretences. It is of the days when the grandfathers of to-day were youngsters, but it is stated that the characters have been selected with such exactitude, the acting is so realistic, that one breathes the very life of the times. It is a gambling story, and the incidents that lead up to the time when the heroine (Sylvia Breamer) plays cards with the sheriff (Russell Simpson) for the life of the bandit she love's (J. Warren Kerrigan), 'and the action during the tense moments of the game, are handled, with the finesse of a real kinema artist. AH three principal characters reach dramatic heights in enacting their difficult parts, and Rosemary Theby, as Nina, also merits praise for several important bits in the production. The mountain scenery is refreshing, and the picture runs its' length without a dull moment, and obviously without padding. It is a brilliant picturisation of David Belasco's outstanding stage success. This week's'musical interlude will consist of a charming song-cycle by Wellington's best Known baritone, Mr. Charles Moore. The supporting films include the Empress News Film and a Mermaid Comedy, "High Life." The Empress Symphony Orchestra, under the conductorehip of Mr.1 M. Dixon, contribute an excellent programme of music, including the overture "Paragraph 3" (Suppe). The box plan is at The Bristci till 5 p.m., then at the theatre.