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EMPRESS THEATRE.

Iwp .pictures distinctly different in thfeme are on ;the current change at the' Empress Theatre. The problem of the chadless wife who criticises the unmarried mother is dealt vith in "Drusilla ,WSth a Million"; in this Mary Garr is eaßt as' a. charity inmate of a home for aged ladies, who suddenly inherits £1,----000,000. She spends the million in conyerting her home into a refuge for unwanted babies. The arrest of a young girl who has left her baby offers a chance for a, scheming lawyer to make a case against Drusilla. An heir to a million has teen cut off by his ■ father after a cafe scene, and has married Sally, an orphan, ■who makes a man of him. The lawyer's daughter covets the family fortune, and it is through her that the young couple are separated. Priscilla Bonner and Kenneth Harlan, enact' the romantic roles, while Mary Carr's work is exceptional. In "The Boy; Friend," Marceline Day, Johnny Harron> Ward Crane, and Gertrude Astor present."a "simple little tale of a smalltown/girl who has had her head turned by a New "Yorker and who is prevented by her small-town lover from going to the ojty with the immaculate visitor. The Our Gang kiddies are featured in an amusing comedy, and the supporting programme ia ideal.

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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 7 February 1927, Page 4

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EMPRESS THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 7 February 1927, Page 4

EMPRESS THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 31, 7 February 1927, Page 4