EMPRESS THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1926, Page 10

EMPRESS THEATRE.

True to standard is the new bill introduced at the Empress Theatre veiterday. A William de Mille offering ii "Lost, a Wife," in which a new blonde star, Greta Niasen, is responsible for some finished work. A wealthy bachelor with a penchant for gambling makes a wager that he will many the newly:arriyed beauty he espies in the hotel lobby. His friends take him up and eventually lose, for the impetuous Tony has a way with him and the charm of Charlotte Randolph, a=> New York belle, is too much for him. What was purely a gamble becomes the aim of his life. So he marries the New Yorker. An impasse occurs in their honeymoon, when Tony fails to ignore the lure of the roulette table. Finally a separation comes, and Charlotte's second venture is with a French nobleman. The gambling instinct urges Tony to try his luck a second time, and there is a divorce and re-marriage. Miss Nissgn has in support Adolph Menjou, Ben Lyon, and other favourites. Nazimova, who has been absent from the screen too long, makes a welcome reappearance in "The Redeeming Sin," a tale of the Paris streets, with Joan, a waif, and an Apache providing the love interest. As Queen °* the Apaches, beloved of their leader, Nazimova does some high-tension emotional acting, and dances as only Nazimova can dance. The added attraction of singing and. pianoforte playing is given by Mr. Barry Coney, the well-known Auckland musician, who is heard in. some delightful songs and pianoforte work. Mr. Coney needs no introduction; his art is too well known, and his performance heightens the excellence of the picture bill. The Empress Orchestra, under Mr. M. Dixon, is another attraction.