OCTAGON THEATRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17871, 28 February 1920, Page 6

OCTAGON THEATRE

Thero will be a change of programme at the ' Octagon Theatre to-day, wlien the sj)ccial Paramount attraction, "Don't Chango Ylour Husband," will be the chief feature. This picture is a Cecil B. Do Mille production, and tells the story cf James D«nby Porter, the "glue king," and a highly successful business man. His wife, Leila., who is of a roniDJitic tfinperii'iiriit.. chafes under the unintentional neglect of her husband. He loves her, but she has observed that he no longer lavishes endearment upon her. The parties become estranged and Leila, who has come under the spell of a man named JJutphon, a friend of her husband's, obtains a divorce. She later marries Sutphen, who comes upon hard times and his lovo for Leila wanes. Sutphen obtains from JxMla the diamond ring Porter had given her, of an "investment." She is shabby and goes to her costume maker's to obtain another gown. But Sutphen vetoes this, and Leila is worried when Nanette van Dyke (a chorus girl) appears with an order which is presumably to be charged to her. husband. On leaving the establishment she encounters Porter, who invites her to dine with him. His changed appearance astonishes her, and sho invites him to her own homo instead. He accepts, and on |r,ivir<r he nluio-t embraces her. Both now realise their mistake. Sutphen takes Nanette to a gambline house, where Porter discovers them. Nanette is about to sell Leila's ring to the croupier when Porter offers to buy it. A sceno follows—Nanette leaves to find Leila while S'.itphen and Porter go to the former's house. Enraged, Sutphen fires a shot it Porter, but misses him. Leila flies to Porter in terror and; he takes her in his arms with tlx< whispered avowal that she must return to him. Sutphen, realising 'hat his game is un, leaves them and returns to his favourite chorus girl. Leila divorces f-'utphen, and after a lapse of time sho and Porter are reunited. On the same programme thero will be screened Wallace Roid in an exciting five-act drama, "Alias Mike Moran," and also a new Mack Sonnet! comedy entitled "East Lynne With Variations." The box plan is at Messrs Chas. Bcgg and Co.'s warehouse.