"THE GOLDEN CLOWN."

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19623, 20 May 1929, Page 7

"THE GOLDEN CLOWN."

CIRCUS DRAMA AT STRAND. An intensely dramatic story of circus life is "The Golden Clown," featuring Gosta Ekman and Karma Bell, which heads the bill at the Strand Theatre this week. It is a magnificently acted and staged story of the motley, and the tragedy that lies behind the mask of buffoonery. It tells of a town, who, by she?r merit rises to tho top ot hia profession. Then his wile is dazzled by u scheming rogue to whom she falls a victim. The ciown stiJ goes on with his clowning, his audiences being doubled up through laughter at his antics, little dreaming of the tragedy behind the mask. He resolves o drown his sorrows, gradually sinking lower and lower down the scale until finally he becomes a performer in a thirdrate circus. The climax which follows is bcth original and surprising, showing how the clown is brought back to happiness and a realisation of hia true worth Ekrnan excel* John Barryrnore a* to profile, and Lon Chanev as to make-up, whilst his acting approximates to that of Conrad Veidt and Emil J armings. '"Hie Getewav of tli- Moon," starring Dolores Del Bio, is the second attraction. In this rtirn'nst story of South America. Do'ores del Bio is a half-caste niece of tho tvrannical George Gilies-oie. chief eer of the »»1* r>ost in the jungle wl - ds - A enmedv, tonical. and a variety film complete the programme.