OCTAGON THEATRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18293, 9 July 1921, Page 6

OCTAGON THEATRE

A particularly fine double feature programme was presented to patrons of me Octagon '1 heat re last, night, when the picturisation of Ethel M. Deli's famous story, “mo Docks oi Vaipro,” held pride of place. The picture is well above the ordinary standaid, and compares more than favourably with "I he Keeper of the Door,” which broke records on being screened in Dunedin some time ago. The production is the work of the same company and the photography and settings are excellent. The Rooks of Vaipro towered up into the clouds, and those who ventured to climb them battled with fate. Christ mo Wyndham and “Cinders,” her dog, loved Vaipro. its rocks, and its sands. Daring, reckless, and venturesome, when the ebbing tide uncovered the rocks and revealed a mysterious and awe-inspiring cave, Chris decided upon an exploration in the hope of finding the magic knight whom she was sure lived in it. Disaster overtook her on the slippery rocks. She fell and sprained her ankle, and a real knight came to her rescue. Captain Bertrand Montvillc made the acquaintance of the English girl under strange circumstances. Ho was a young inventor who, in one of the caves, was perfecting his now gun breech-lock. One day Cinders was lost in the caves, and while Montville assisted Chris to search for the animal a thief copied Ihe plans. The rising tide imprisoned them, and they were forced to spend the night on the rooks. Scandal grow' out of the happening, and Chris was recalled to England. When Montville ofYcrcd his gun to the authorities ho was amazed to hear that it had already boon sold to a foreign country. For his "treachery” ho jvas cmut-martialled and Sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, flow the guilty were brought to justice makes a fitting conclusion to a fine picture. The second feature on the programme is “Once a Plumber,” featuring Lyons and Moran, (he well-known vaudeville performers, and is an exceedingly amusing s(orv of two village plumbers who enter society. Patrons are requested to note that owing to the extreme length of the programme, the performance will begin at 7.30 each evening.