OTAKI THEATRE.

Otaki Mail, 5 April 1922, Page 3

OTAKI THEATRE.

I "PASSION'S PLAYGROUND." TO-NIGHT. fKatherine Mae Donald, popularly irmed "The American Beauty," and pose entrance into film stardom has Ken accorded unprecedented approval Sill be seen at. the Otaki" theatre toBght. in her latest First National picIre "Passion's Playground," adapted horn the famous novel "The Guests of Hercules." by C.N. and A.M. Williamin. "Passion's Playground" is a siirring story of romance, losses and Bins at the world-famous Monte Carlo ■here titled persons from all lands lake their fortunes, good names and iWns on the roulette wheel and other ■nacrous gambling devices here conflicted. An appealing strain relieves lie tense dramatic moments that follow it the disclosure of a unique plot to Ifcak the bank at Monte Carlo. As |«y Grant, a convent girl, just in receipt of her inheritance, Miss MaclonaU plays the part of a girl who laves the holy institution to find that lie gambling blood that flowed in the feiiis of her father leads her on to winlings that become the gossip of the jttmoui resort. Wearing gowns that S«e especially designed for this proIjfaetion and appearing in her most famous characterisation as the unsophisticated convent girl and later the win:|er of Monte Carlo's greatest prizes, fetherine Mae Donald's role in "Pasffion's Playground" bids fair to win ■er thousands of additional admirers.

"AFTER YOUR OWN HEART."

FRIDAY NIGHT. I Tom Mix, the William Fox cowboy Star, believes that the day is coming flen cowboys will use airplanes and lotos on round-up?, in additions to Worses. He exhibits this belief in His Jfttest Fox picture, "After Your Own Heart," which will be shown at the sOuki theatre next Friday. Tom, having been a cowboy, is always interested p progressive methods for the range. ias known the days of hard riding to Joeate cattle spread over a wide terri-' lory, and he knows that an airman puld locate the cattle quickly, signal Ik* men in autos and on horses,' and do Ike T-ork in less time than the old me|nod. Having had this in mind for fometiwe, Mix is quite in sympathy the modern vehicles in j; 'fl m^ Own Heart," the story i written by William Wal6ra Carew is Mix's leadpg woman in this picture. Others in jtke cast are George Hernandez, William Buckley, Sid Jordan, E. C. Robinson and Bill Ward. George E. Marshall directpi the picture,