KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 39, 14 August 1926, Page 13

KING'S THEATRE.

"The Great Divide," a Metro-Goldwyn attraction, is the main picture in the change of programme at the King's Theatre. Ruth Jordan, a romantic and idealistic girl, during a visit to an Arizona ranch, is left alone by night in a cabin. She is forced into marriage by a man named Stephen Ghent, whose mine later yields rich returns, but, obsessed with the thought that she has been bought by gold, the girl refuses to accept any of the money. She weaves baskets in order to earn enough to repay Stephen for the chain of nuggets he had given a Mexican to buy her freedom. Meanwhile her friends' frantic endeavours are at last successful, and the girl returns to the ranch with them. She answers Stephen's entreaties by throwing him the gold chain which she has purchased from the Mexican. Whereupon she becomes hysterical and lapses into unconsciousness. Through a driving storm Stephen makes a desperate effort to reach the village and the doctor. She is told how Ghent risked his life to get the doctor for her, and all ends happily. Alice Terry and Conway Tearle head the cast. The programme includes pictures of the Byrd Polar Expedition, a New Zealand scenic dealing with the gannets of Cape Kidnappers, and a comedy. There is excellent incidental music.