LYRIC PICTURES.
The star picture for the above pictures on Saturday night is ‘Shadows,” said to be one of the best stories ever told. The plot evolves around a storm at sea •taring which the brutal admiral i of the local fleet is lost and a | Chinaman floats to the shore on a stray bit of wreckage. The ; young minister of Urkey marries he widow of the lost man. The following year he receives a threatening note signed by his wife’s first husband telling of his rescue and making demands for -i large sum of money, which the I oastor is unable to raise. The Chinaman watches and vvaits. He know* the real sinner. Meanwhile, the pastor has given jp the church and his home —a j nitiful figure of fate. The climax ; shows the Chinaman sending for! he minister and the villagers j lock to his little heuse-boat, j where he had carried on his laundry. He wrings a confession : rom the sinner, and the closing j scene shows the Chinaman eutt-1 ng the ropes which have held iis house-boat to the pier, and ailing to hi* own country. The supporting program inclules Pathe Gazette, and Mermaid comedy.
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Northland Age, Volume 25, Issue 26, 15 October 1925, Page 5
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