PARAMOUNT THEATRE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12393, 12 March 1926, Page 9

PARAMOUNT THEATRE

“BORROWED FINERY” AND MONA OLIVE. Commencing to-night at the Paramount Theatre is “Borrowed Finery, ’ a drama of unusual interest. The story in brief tells of the yearnings of a little dress model,, who yields to the temptation to borrow an evening gown from the stock of the. house she ,eqg v puMyn o; ut pefojdme si is warned against going to the party by her sister, but youth, always on the lookout for excitement, disregards the Warning and goes. The adventures that befall the little dress model form the crux of a rather interesting and thrilling drama. The cast is well selected to portray the various characters, and includes such well known screen players as Louise Lorraine, Ward Crane, Lou Tellegen, Taylor. Holmes, Hedda Hopper, Barbara Tennant, Gertrudo Astor, Trixie Frignnza, Otto Lederer, W H. Strauss and Pat Pendergast. Oscar Apfel directed In addition to the picture programme, which includes a comedy, a gazette, and a scenic, will be seen that beautiful dancer, Miss Mona Clive, who, assisted by her charming Wellington ballet, presents the second of her series of daring Oriental danoes, entitled “The Death Dance.” “The “Death Dance,” as presented by. Miss Clive, is symbolic of the ancient law of the East, which decreed that a dancer at the zenith of her career must either givp up her profession or tlie. The music for the programme has been specially selected*