EMPIRE

Evening Star, Issue 22447, 18 September 1936, Page 5

EMPIRE

The glamorous ’nineties is the time in which 1 Klondike Annie,’ at present screening at the FJnpire, is set. The Barbary Coast of San Francisco is the place. And half-caste Chan Lo’s gambling house is the rendezvous of the international elite. ’Frisco Doll is Chan Lo’s greatest attraction—a

beautiful white woman who sings lor the gamblers. Practically a prisoner in the luxurious establishment because of Chan bo’s infatuation for her, the ’Frisco Doll finally plots to, escape and go to Alaska. ’One night Vance Palmer, a frequent visitor to the casino and hopelessly in love with the Doll, whispers that he has perfected plans for her to board a tramp steamer for Alaska. Chan Lo sees them together and plans a terrible revenge. Aboard tho Java Maid Captain Bull Brackett, who lives up to his name, is astounded and then delighted to see that his mysterious passenger is a beautiful woman. At Seattle another woman passenger is taken aboard, Sister Annie Alden, a thin, frail woman going to Alaska to join a .band of missionaries. Also at Seattle Brackett is banded a police warning for all ships’ captains to look out for the ’Frisco Doll, wanted for murder. Brackett instantly identifies his mysterious passenger and confronts her. She admits nothing and Brackett keeps quiet. Thereafter the picture proceeds by amazing adventures, but with pleasing sincerity to a convincing climax. There is an excellent supporting programme of short features.