EMPRESS THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 3, 3 July 1926, Page 7

EMPRESS THEATRE.

Percy Marmont has one of the biggest roles of his career as the young Englishman in "Lord Jim," the screen adaptation of Joseph Conrad's sea story, now in session at the Empress Theatre. From Samarang to a tropic island takes in the journey necessary to the man before he regains his self-respect. Under a blow to ideals, his manhood lias collapsed, and he undergoes adventures at sea, experiences the lure of the tropics, mixes it with all races in the teeming ports of the Orient, before winning back to freedom from the curse of cowardice. As second mate of a sinking ship, he does not display any great bravery, but in a tropic island, minus his certificate and the will to rise, he becomes cleansed through a woman's love. Victor Fleming has given a stirring picture. Shirley Mason is the girl. In . "The Bandit's Baby," Fred Thomson and Silver KinK, his almost human horse, do some of their now famous feats. The story concerns an outlaw who is given his freedom for one day in order to save^his home town's honour at the annual rodeo. There are fine supports, including Soccer cup finals at Home, screen celebrities, and the Australian cricketers playing against Leicestershire, while the orchestral selections leave nothing to be desired;