OTAKI THEATRE.
TO-NIGHT. •'BIG GAME.” All lovers of the photoplay, with the gift of discriminating pictures of distinction and rare merit from the ordinary. will unite in hailing the announcement that “Big Game.’’ starring May Allison, the popular Metro star, will come to the Otaki theatre to-night. May Allison has won a numerous following by her appealing personality, and in this pliotodraniatization of the famous New York stage success, bv Willard Robertson and Kilbourn Gordon, she has a medium for the rich expression of her dazzling personality. The reason “Big Game” will be enjoyed by everybody without exception is that its appeal is so universal, the story of a man's fight to convince himself that he is no coward, and to save the woman he loves. May Allison has the part of Eleanor Wicthrop, the charming wife of “Larry” Wintbrop, heir to the million-. 0 f the old Boston t'"irrthrops. Bho believes Larry the essence of all things manly, but during an adventure in the Northern Canadian woods, to find hidden gold, her conviction totters when she finds him afraid of Henri Baptiste, a Canadian-French guide. Baptiste is bent, on w-inning Eleanor by force, and the transformation of Larry from a weakling to an infuriated vengeful primitive is one of the fine achievements of the picture.
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Otaki Mail, 13 September 1922, Page 2
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216OTAKI THEATRE. Otaki Mail, 13 September 1922, Page 2
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