EMPRESS THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 64, 12 September 1924, Page 5

EMPRESS THEATRE.

Alice Calhoun: does some very fine work in !'The Midnight Alarm,", which heads the new bill at the Empress Theatre to-day. Whimsically charming as Sparkle, lost daughter of wealth,. Miss Calhoun . gives a characterisation that wins its way into the sympathetic hearts of spectators. . It.is melodrama so rapid in its action, so tense in its scenes that frequently it is claimed the spectators will find -themselves actually breathless. The story is one of a plotting business man, Silas Carringford, who -slays his partner Thornton to obtain his wealth. Mrs.- Thornton is driven;to death before an - onrushing train in trying to escape from Carringford ..- in an . automobile. Susan, her daughtor, is tossed- to. safety and,is picked up. by Mrs. Berg, who raises her as ,her own. Mr. and Mrs. Til well, her grandparents^ and Carringford keep up. an intermittent search for tho child, who. is now known as Sparkle. Carringford learns she is alive and seeks to destroy evidence- of her iclen-, tityso that she can't claim the' estato left to her, which on' her death is to go to Carringford. Chaser, a lovable crook, played by OullenLandis, and Harry Westmore, a fire' captain, impersonated by Percy Marmont, save the heroine after many daring adventures. The fire scenes are described as the best. ever shown in any" photoplay. An excellent supporting programme' is being shown, including an interesting News film and a comedy, '.'The : Dogs of War.''- A special score of incidental music will be played, by the. Empress Orchestra, under the direction -.of -Mr. <M. Dixon. The box plan is ■ at; The' Bristol.: ■ • '