PARAMOUNT THEATRE.
' Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson's picture, "Trailing African. Wild Animals," one of the finest big game pictures ever produced, and which depicts a man and a woman hunting jungle giants at the risk of their lives, will bo finally screened at tho Paramount Theatre this evening. This picture is the real thing, and lias not been faked in any way. °'Pleasuro Mad," a Reginald Barker production, featuring 'Mary Alden, Huntley Gordon, Norma Shearer, r.nd : Ward Crane, will -bo tho attraction, at tho 1 aramount. Theatre to-morrow. "Plea* sure Mad" Was adapted from Blanche Upright's novel, "Tho , Valley of Content. ' Dealing with tho fortunes—and misfortunes—of a happy family with moderate meaiis, which is split up by the affections and indulgences which follow suddoiii acquisitions of wealth, this book proved ono of the most popular novels of last year. Sudden wealth brings tho Benton family from their cheap little- suburban home to tho lap of Luxury. Only tho mother seems to lack the instinct for gay rocklcssness. I'ather, son, and daughter take to tho city s night, life with the avid hunger of starved lives, and the mothor, longing for her peaceful hor ns in the "Valley of Content," watches them climb to the dizzy pealo of self-indulgence. A fine supporting programme includes a Motts and Moritz monkey comedy, "Jungle Pals," latest) Gazette, and enjoyable music by the Paramount Orchestra. The box plan is at ' the Utility Stationery Shop, next to theatre.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 81, 2 October 1924, Page 10
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