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“THE WHEEL OF LIFE” Richard Dix's newest film. “The Wheel of Life." now in its last day • at the Koxy Theatre, takes its title < from the symbolical drawing which l appears on the wall of every Buddhist ! monastery of Afghanistan and Tibet. ; »reidV the seem■> of the are laid. . . Mr. Dix plays the role ot a British j officer in a military outpost in India, who is sent out with troops to quell » an uprising of hostile Tibetan tribes- ; men. The British become embattled . in a friendly Lima monastery, one of, th.» Buddhist religion’s strongholds in the wilderness, and a Lama or Budd-lu-t high priest figures prominently in the ensuing action. The priests prophecy, based on th© wheel ot lne, lias an important place in the scheme of the play. A strong supporting programme is also being shown. “The King of Jazz.” the famous Paul Whiteman film without a story, was postponed until November 1. Carl Ijeramle. jun.. was not satisfied with anv of the stories hitherto submitted, and neither was Paul Whiteman. This . „ « Paul Whiteman interim, during vtliicn i aui department to nnn •* acceptable. i
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 824, 19 November 1929, Page 15
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187ROXY Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 824, 19 November 1929, Page 15
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