PARAMOUNT THEATRE.
A dramatic attraction, with a liberal quantity of comedy situations is "Too Much Money," the feature film at the Paramount Theatre this week. The interest is held well from the beginning to the end. Sympathy is awakened for the hero, whoso role is assumed by Mr. Lewis Stone. The story revolves around a married couple, the female part of which couple is too busy attending women's club affairs to pay any attention to her husband. A friend suggests to the hero to tell his wife that he is bankrupt. The hero accepts the suggestion and turns all his property over to his friend. The friend, who is also the villain, covets tho heroine, but she stands by her husband in his poverty. When the hero, tired of being a poor man, wants to become a rich man again, the villain threatens to tell the heroine of the deception. Fearing leat he lose her love, the hero accepts his lot. But the villain eventually reveals the deception to the heroine, and ag the villain liad told her he had converted her husband's property into securities the heroine makes the, villain believe that she would run away with him, hopiug to find an opportunity to recover the securities. The hero follows them, and reaches the steamer in time to give the villain a beating. By this time the heroine had the securities and throws the villain's bag into the water. Thinking that the securities were still in it, he jumps into the water to recover the bacr. After suitable explanations, hero and lTeroine embrace. A comedy and the latest English Gazette are included in the supporting subjects. Mr. R. R. Caulton's Paramount Orchestra will render a suitable musical programme. The box plan is at the Utility Stationery Shop, next to the theatre.
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Evening Post, Volume 50, Issue 50, 27 August 1926, Page 4
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302PARAMOUNT THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume 50, Issue 50, 27 August 1926, Page 4
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