EMPRESS THEATRE.

Evening Post, Issue 88, 12 April 1924, Page 9

EMPRESS THEATRE.

The reintroduction of coloured photography by Pathe Freres is a happy thought, and in their release, "Love in a Harem," shown at the Empress Theatre .yesterday for the' first time, there is beauty and warmth. . It is a gorgeous,spectacle,'with, lovely harem and' dancing girls in gauzy clothes,' re-' fleeted in cool waters in' marble courtyards;. A charming princess meets by accident in' forbidden grounds a handsome prince. Both pretend' that they are ordinary' pdople, she a dancer aiid he a fisherman. The girl, after a few delirious moments with her lover, flees hurriedly, leaving only dreams for the impatient prince. Later, she is seen and coveted by a villainous shah, and is captured, »but she repulses him and chooses death by drowning. A hunchback, who hates : . his . master, conveys ■word to the young prince, and the girl is rescued. A-kiss as a reward for the hunchback's services, transforms him into a handsome young manj and he lives to guide the destinies .of the*--lovers./ The cn-Bt is an. all-French. one,, numerous' stars, appearing. The costumes and set-. tings are magnificent! "On Ihe support-: ing programme-is a splendid golf display by Gene Sarazen, who gives ail exhibition of different strokes, later detailed by slow motion. A comedy arid topical news complete the bill, which is further enhanced by the playing of the' Empress Orchestra under Mr. M. Dixon, particularly the "Caliph of Bagdad"' selection. '.•■■: ' ,•.'-.: ...'..' .;.-;. '.'-