EMPRESS THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 127, 25 November 1926, Page 10

EMPRESS THEATRE.

To-night will see the final screening at the Empress Theatre of "The Blind Goddess" and "Black Cyclone," and in addition a picture of the funoral of Sir James Carroll and the latest Pathe Gazette are shown. The story of "The Blind Goddess" portrays the romance of a young lawyer, who is forced to sacrifice the girl he loves to adhere to his ideal of duty. The ■wellchosen cast includes Jack Holt, Esther Ralston, Ernest Torrence, and Louise Dresser. ' ' "THE SEA BEAST." llasefield, Kipling, Conrad, Drake Collins—these and many others, have awakened the magic of the sea by the assembling of words. Herman Melville did so in his story, "Moby Dick," that ocean tale concerning the great white whale njnoty feet long, that circled the globe three times carrying in his skin more than a' hundred broken harpooris—the tale of Captain Ahab Ceeley maimed by the monster,l cheated out of his life's happiness by: his half-brother, and sailing the seas through storm and fair -weather in the hope of revenge. John Barrymore claims high pjace in the movie world. One jreniembers with pleasure bis "Beau BrumTnel" arid his "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" —to name but two of many successes—and his excellent work in the spectacular film "The Sea Beast," which commences at the Empress Theatre •to-morrow, is said to add' to his reputation. From peaceful scenes in New Bedford, the theme leads on to exciting whaling exploits, to the poetry and romance of the outer deeps, wave-swept decks, storming winds, and the stalward life behind the sky-line in -those stirring days back in the 'forties. As an effective contrast there is the gentle character of Esther Harper, beloved of Ahab, and the victim of intrigue, but still remaining faithful.; In the end,, a happy climax crowns a very human love story. ■: :.. ' "