'THE MOTH.'
nr IE VS AND KING EDWARD ' ■ THEATRES.
The headliner at the Queen s and King Edward Theatres to-day is ‘ Tbs Moth,’ a striking story, based upon frail humanity s moth-liko predilection fertile flame that scorches rind honor, !NorrnjL J'iilm£icgG well-beloved of picture patrons, has the role of the young woman whose desire it is to flirt her way to fame. Marriage proves at first no anchor for her restless nature. When the contract brings unhappiness she turns to outside excitement, and is seen fluttered close to the danger line. Finally she makes the acquaintance of an attractive and mysterious soldier of fortune, and their intimacy gradually approaches _ the point of danger to which all such intimacies trend. In a. cleverly climaxed denouement she is snatched from the false life just in time. The piece is brilliantly produced and elegantly gowned. Other features of the programme are the Charles Chaplin special, ‘ The Immigrant,’ and the latest Topical News. Giving to the new regulation? as to picture-house hours, the serial ‘ The Fatal Ring’ cannot be shown to-night.
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Evening Star, Issue 16923, 21 December 1918, Page 8
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177'THE MOTH.' Evening Star, Issue 16923, 21 December 1918, Page 8
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