THE EMPIRE.
A BEAUTIFUL AM) PATHETIC •LIFE STORY, » "MY OLD DUTCH" TO-NIGHT, That delightful feature film "My Old Dutiir' will be screened at the Empire to-night and to-morrowl Tho highest praise has heen bestowed on the picture, for the quality of the production and the acting. The story, which has been specially written for Albert Chevalier by Aruth Shirley, was suggested hy the coster songs written and sung by Chevalier some years ago, and the cast is headed by Chevalier himself at Joe Spud, the coster. Florence Turner will play lii s wife, "Sal, the Old Duteli," and other well-known artists are also in the cast. The story tells with much quaint humor and sublime pathos the life of a London coster from the 'appy courtin' days on 'Amstcad 'Eath to the end of a strenuous life, with many ups and dowiH, happiness and sorrow—at times rising to powerful drama and always human and interesting. During the screening of the picture Mr. Ralph Farmer will sing the song. "My Old Dutch."
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1917, Page 2
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171THE EMPIRE. Taranaki Daily News, 22 August 1917, Page 2
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