KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 107, 7 May 1924, Page 4

KING'S THEATRE.

"The Toll of tha Sea,!' a t the King's Theatre just now,. a picture in natural colours, is an extremely pretty and altogether delightful, film, for, apart from the. true rendering in -colour by the "Techuicolour" process the story lias a strong appeal to all,'and. the sea coast and . Chinese ' garden settings are something new in the picture world. The .story follows an old Chinese proverb that the' Siren Sea, though .bringing. to those who call upon her love and joy, later exacts a double payment in disappointment and sorrow, the principal character being Lotus Flower, played by a clever Chinese: actress, Anna. May Wong, who is wooed by a young: American whom she rescues from the sea, and later spends long years .of unhappy waiting, and fin-v ally pays in full the debt she has incurred by saving one soul from the siren's' c6ld embrace. An; Oriental prologue an d the/singing of "Poor Butterfly . by Mrs.: Wildish introduces the film, aud_ a, special; programme of overture and. incidental music is given by the King's .' Or.chesftra. • The supports ': are bright and entertaining.. . "The Famous ..Mrs. Fair," a, noted Broadway stage; success of two seasons ;ago, has been brought to the'screen by FrojdL NibW as. one of the.finest- society dramas 'that has been- presented, this season, and will bo.' screened atv the ..King's Theatre, on : Friday. !- A powerful drama of what happens to a homo when the all-powerful influence of the :mother is.taken away forms.tha'theme of this remarkable photoplay. An all-star ciifit includes ' Myrtle' Steadman, Huntly. Gordon, Cullen Landis,V ; and Carmel Myers. A' strong 'supporting- programme ■will also be- submitted, and includes a real comedy,-beauitfnl. Travelogue, anti latest Gazette, pot forgetting the King's' Select .Orchestra, which will render a ; delightful musical "programme. The bo->----plan .is;: at Tha .;Bristol.'" Aftor -5.30 seats- may be/booked "at the, theatre.