EMPRESS THEATRE.
The film adaptation of Sir Rider Hagfard's well-known story "She" will be nally shown to-night at the Empress Theatre. Betty Blythe is superb as Ayesha, the immortal queen. An Englishman is loved by Ustane, but the simple beauty of the girl is no match for the charm of j She. Carlyle Blaekwell and Mary Odette are m the cast. Raymond M'Kee and MarJ°r'e Meadows are co-starred in "Romance Road, the tale of an American soldier's love for a rich girl. An additional attraction is the playing of Kamo, described as the fastest exponent of the banjo-mando-lin m the world. The programme is further enhanced by the playing of Miss Edwards s orchestra. The programme commencing at the Empress Theatre to-morrow promises to be an unusually good entertainment. The two futures are "Up in Mabel's Room" and lhe Man Upstairs," and in addition a F-« imSJ ly interesting industrial film entitled "The Story of Abrasives" will be shown The cast in "Up ir. Mabel's Room includes Marie Prevost, Harrison lord, Phylhs Haver, Harry Myers, and bylvia Breamer, and is described as a brilliant comedy. In "The Man Upstairs Monte Blue, Dorothy Devore, John Roche, and Hemie Conglin have the principal roles. This is a comedy mystery drama adapted from the novel "The Agony Column."
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 6
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215EMPRESS THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 127, 2 June 1927, Page 6
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