PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 128, 2 June 1919, Page 3

PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

Lila Lee, known throughout America as "Cuddles," has risen in a bound to a foremost place among Paramount artists by her delightful work in her first picture-play, "The Cruise of the Make-Believes." Lila Lee appears as a pathetic little slum girl living with her drunken and shiftless father. In the backyard of her home the little girl has rigged np an old ship of make-believe, and makes fanciful voyages to dream countries distant from her drab home. A wealthy young man Working in the slums as one of the. slum dwellers enters the girl's life, v and in the end the dream life materialises. It is a charming story, made moro charming by the talent of the new. sixteen-year-old star. Interesting supporting films are also shown. The new Paramount orchestra of seven instrumentalists, nnder the direction of Mr. A. H. Jerome, appeared at the theatre for the first time on Saturday evening, sand in that one session built for itself an enviable reputation. The overture, "StradeDa," the elaborate entr' act, and the various incidentals," which make or. mar the programme, were delightfully performed, and it is safe to predict that tho new combination will add still more to the already high popularity of Paramount programmes. The new bill, with full orchestration, will be repeated this evening.