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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19259, 25 August 1924, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS. OCTAGON THEATRE COMMENCING TO-NIGHT at 7.45. “DRIFTING.” LISTEN TO NEW YORK RETORTS; “ Drifting,” Priscilla Dean’s last Jewel production, had its premiere showing this week in the Capitol Theatre, New York city. It played to excellent business. The mature is a Tod Browning production, adapted by Browning from John Colton’s stage success of the same name, produced on Broadway a season or so ago with Alice Brady in the leading role. “ Drifting' 1 has been booked over the entire U. 8.0. circuit and will play in most of the leading houses in the Metropolitan district shortly after its run at the Capital is completed. Concerning “ Drifting,” the reviewer for the New York Times has the following to say: “Priscilla Doan and Wallace^Beery are capital i? their respective parts. ihc reviewer of the New York Journal characterised the picture as “ dramatic, h® a,r *" rending, and thrilling.” "he New York Evening Mail, speaking of Miss Dean s work, says; “ Priscilla Dean makes the intrepid Cnssie a vivid and volcanic figure, and Matt Moore is suave and immaculate. Similar praise of Miss Dean’s work has voiced bv the Evening Telegram OUR MUSICAL PROGRAMME. Conductor. A. F. NEATE, L.T.C.L. Overture, “ Libella ” (Reisseger); Suite, “ Stars of the Desert ” (Amy WoodfordeFinden) —(a) Stars of the Desert; (b) You Are All That Is Lovely; (c) The Rice Was Under Water! (d) Fate; “Intormede Chinois ” (Baron); Oriental Poem, “In the Steppes of Central Asia” (Borodme); “Spanish Dance No. 1” (Moskowsky)j Oriental Picture, “ The Snake Charmer (Shelley); “Marcia Turca ” (Mozart) . P~i7a za and grand 2 p.m. Now Showing. 7 p.m. OWEN MOORE and BESSIE LOVE * In “ TORMENT.” Only a miracle could save them—above, behind, the walls crashed —the earthquake was upon them and the stolen jewels were nothing now but torment. You’ll thnil as you follow tlu mighty sweep of this cataclysmic drama. Added Attraction; “THE WOLF MAN.” A love story that leaps from the white lights of London to the white hills of the Northland. Featuring JOHN GILBERT Comedy. News Reel.

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