ENTERTAINMENTS.
ST. JAMES THEATRE. Right on the heels of his sensational hit, “A Star is Born,” Davjd 0. Selznick has ushered in another magnificent piece of entertainment. The picture is “The Prisoner of Zenda,” Anthony Hope’s swashbuckling tale of love, intrigue and adventure in the Courts of Europe, with Ronald Column, Madeleine Carroll and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., in the leading roles. This film will be screened at the St. James Theatre this evening, and on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, with a matinee on Tuesday. Column is at his charming best in the difficult dual role of the adventurous Rudolf Rassendyll and as the roistering King Rudolf V., whom he resembled so closely. Lavishly mounted with some sixty-odd breathtaking sets, including a cathedral, a castle, and the sumptuous castle ballroom, designed by Lyle Wheeler, “The Prisoner of Zenda” offers some of the most impressive and beautiful scenes ever filmed, notably the Coronation ceremony and the Coronation ball. John L. Balderston and Wells Root have made a grand screen play, based on Edward Rose’s dramatisation of the Anthony Hope novel, and all the members of tho imposing cast turn in uniformly fine performances under the expert direction of John Cromwell. The eye-filling costumes were designed by Ernst Dry den, and the splendid photography is credited to James Wong Howe.
The supporting programme includes “Happy Days (cartoon) and the latest newsreels.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 187, 21 May 1938, Page 2
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