OTAKI THEATRE.
“BEYOND PRICE.” TO-NIGHT. In “Beyond Price,” to be shown ”* the Otaki theatre to-night, Pearl WTiite has a photoplay story in which she has abundant opportunity to display not only those qualities that long have .made her famous on the screen, but a ■fafrptitude for comedy—a new defor her. The play begins inytelestingly c*nq bolds its interest to the .end, having many thrilling moments throughout the six reels of this "William Fox play. “Beyond Price” is the story of a girl married to a man who gives nearly all his time to business. The wife is naturally of a funloving nature, and tires of staying alone at home. One day after her husband has left on a trip—foregoing an engagement to take his wife to the theatre —a gypsy woman calls and sells the wife a wishing-book. In this book the wife writes: “I wish to be the wife of a millionaire,” “I wish to be famous.” “I wish to-have baby arms around my neck.” And before the play is finished she experiences all the thrills of her three wishes, the climax coming with the arms of a little boy end a little girl clasped around her neck, making her the central figure of e. happy groupThe'big t’ok feature will be supportled by the opening episode of the new and thrilling serial. “Flaming Disk.” fcaid to be one of the best of -the day. The next screening will be on Saturday night, when the programme will include Clara Kimball Young in f‘ Straight from Paris,” and the comedy “Twilight Baby.” featuring Virginia Rappe
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Otaki Mail, 15 March 1922, Page 3
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264OTAKI THEATRE. Otaki Mail, 15 March 1922, Page 3
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