AMUSEMENTS.
EMPRESS PICTURES. "Money Lenders." Canton De Soubrouli, who, on the stength of becoming a wealthy heir, gambles heavily. He entangles himself with a money lender, Soffman, who sees his way to make a large profit. He seeks the aid of a lady who is beautiful but unscrupulous and manages to get her to persuade Canton into buying on credit from a jeweller a pearl necklet Canton promises to pay for it in three months' time, and J8 then persuaded to pawn it for 3,000 francs. Then Soffman hears that Canton is disinherited he is amazed. To gain his own ends he manages to get suspicion placed on the fiancee of the girl who was left wealthy, of the theft of the pearl necklace. Claude is arrested, but later the police find that he is innocent and the picture ends to the satisfaction of all with everything righted.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 586, 19 July 1913, Page 5
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148AMUSEMENTS. King Country Chronicle, Volume VII, Issue 586, 19 July 1913, Page 5
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