OTAKI THEATRE.
TO-mi*HT. ! "BARS OF EBON." , "Bars yf Iron," in addition to con- ! taining a dramatic fltory of even '^,-eatj er wower than the average Ethel M. Dell navel, includes — in i*s ver-io.c. I which as one of Stall's Eminent Bri.- | tixh Authors' SerieH, m-as releawftfl on the 6th May—several very striking fea- ; fires. Thcr- is, for example, a won- ! derful exhibition of ju-jitsu, whereby • one of the character*, a huge fellow I known as "Sampson" .'played by Cap | tain Leopold) is flung fourteen feet ! in the air by a mac considerably amai j ler and lighter than himself: the BmalI ler and lighter man being tho hero. 1 Pitrs Evesham ('played by Rowland ' Myios). Tne pist-ore also .contain* an i attempted jump across a •-•retch of »;.. ter twenty feet wide; and -» series of ; exquieite fox-bunting scenes which of I themselves would make almost any pi's- : tare a success. A number of children ; figur.- in the cast, and there are some ' delightful scenes ia which they and the J heroine, Avery D«sys. are concernedi The part of the heroine m played by j Mj-t; 'Madge WhiV:. a vrefl-known ac- ' tre.s of the musical comeuv stage, who ( mike- \ihc £thz screen appcrarai.ee it ; thi.- p>c-ur.-. "Bars of Iron" i= (to full j of incident, fei; f i tht incident ia so dit versafied ia character that this picture * zaust inevitably appeal to all tastes. ! It ia one- of the best photoplays Martin i Thornton has produced, and exhibitors ! will find it a very profitable feature for i thair programmes. Another thrilling "crook play da j luxe" is prerr.isc-d in "The Exquisite i Tziti." the Liiiversai picture star- ! ring Priscills. Dean, which is to he' j *~t the Otaki theatre on Fridav I night-, . t- ; "The Leather will not b* I shosr-n. tc-irit.'h't. but '.he ezt rouns will I be displayed oz. the 13th. an «-
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Otaki Mail, 6 September 1922, Page 2
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313OTAKI THEATRE. Otaki Mail, 6 September 1922, Page 2
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