OCTAGON THEATRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18049, 24 September 1920, Page 8

OCTAGON THEATRE

. 1 Tjj'ric Comedy Company concluded its return visit at tho Octagon '.Theatre last night, .and tiie monitors cteiigntect Uio audience -with their artistic siliging. •• Calibro .38" and the supporting pictures were also shown, and mwtto a comoined programme that oould not tail to picas©. Joseph Conrad's "Victory" will be shown aa tho .feature film at this theatre to-iiin-ht Joseph Conrad, author of " Victory," l; mn which Maurice Tournour based liis production of yie san» name, lias had a roanajitic carcor lie is a native of l J ol;imL As a iailor before the mast lie has seen lii.~> jn the raw under the midnight sun ujk! under the glare of tho tropics, t-lo was 30 years of aire b~foro ho learned English. Ho camc into contact with au Englishman with whom ho formed a strong friendship. He retold the tales that had como to him with all tho ingenuousness of a, st.yle unspoiled by to mud sohooling, and imparted tho information tlia> ho had tried his lrnnd at a stcry of tho South Seas. With hesitation and" timidity ho guvo the manuscript to his friend, iliac story niado Joseph Conrad famous overnight and esta/bfcalvad him finnly as ono of t.ho most virile writers of soa. stories tlio worlrt liaa ever known. Drawing upon his great reservoir of oxpcrinnco, Conrad wrote in quick succession a- series of stories, jvmong t.ho beet of which is said to lx> "Victorv." With tho enthusiasm that oame from tiie knowledge that ho liad a masterpiece of storv plot, and action, Tournenr is reported to liavo created an exceptional pictnre—ono tint possesses qualities of breathless interest, fascination, and suspenso. In tho hands of surli rapablo players as Jack Holt, Seona Owen, Wallace Beery and Lon Chaney fcho interesting characters pf Onrad aro faithfully portrayed oc. -tho screon. Tho supporting programme will consist of spoeially-solpcted subjects. Intending patrons aro advised lo rosorvo their soata at Bogg'e, or ring tlio theairo, No, 2091,