KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 118, 21 May 1928, Page 5

KING'S THEATRE.

' "The Merry Widow" is being sho\Vn at the King's Theatre. The leading feminine role, that of the merry widow, is taken by Mac-Murray, who, as Sally O'Hara, a member of a travelling theatrical company, captivates the heart of a crown prince of a small kingdom, and also the heart of his cousin. The cousin .decides to.marry the dancer, but the marriage is prevented by the queen, who persuades, her sou that a prince's life belongs not to himself; but to the kingdom. The dancer marries a millionaire, and in tho course of years after her husband's death, becomes' a wealthy widow and the rage of Paris. The crown prince and his cousin are rivals for her hand, and the'former's suit appears to bo the more successful. They quarrel, a duel follows, and at the request of-the widow, the cousin spares the life of the crown prince. The latter ascends to the throne, but is assassinated, and the cousin becomes king. A happy marriage follows. ■ John Gilbert is seen in the leading male role, and there is a good supporting cast. The programme includes a I news, and "Miss New Zealand. in Movicland." The orchestra supplies appropriate music. "Twelve Miles Out," John Gilbert's latest picture for Metro-fioldwyn-Mayer, which opens at the King's Theatre on Friday, is a vivid filmisation of William Anthony M'Gnlro's famous Broadway stage play, based on the adventures of rum-runners and rum cargo thieves —named "hi-Jackers." It exposes the devious methods by which the liquor smugglers evade the coastguard, invade New York night clubs, and beat the Prohibition laws. Most of the picture was taken at sea, and the early sequences deal with rum-running on the Spanish coast, then when a beautiful girl comes into the picture it becomes one long sensation. Never were adventure, drama, and love compounded with such certainty.to. please, it is reported. Joan Crawford, Ernest Torrence, Dorothy .Sebastian, and Tom O'Brien appear with others in the brilliant cast.