AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19624, 21 May 1929, Page 14

AMUSEMENTS.

TWO SPLENDID PICTURES. "ADORATION" AND "EXCESS BAGGAGE." St'Li.:.Dir> PKoC.RA.UMi. AL' EVERYBODY'S. A re»il» e«calleni piojrnmii.e of pitiaioa 1* bemg "offered to patrons of Everybody's Theatre «!»>» wt. T"-o fi-ms arc featured, •"Adoration" and "Excess I?aggag<*." Tb* former j.ictu:o atari Ei"Lo Dove and the story is by Lajos Biro, adapted for the, awteau by Winifred Dunn, who recently made "The D'-iun Ladr." T.-ie nettings fire super", ts* ttoi-v i» veil" handled, and the d.rectxm i ate* nothing lo be desired. It is a powerful love drama, with a background «;t .-evolution (without battle scenes', and it has a vhcUy F»tisfyni(j ending en a n/c of ha;w Id the story, BiUie Dove plays the pui- • • a Kuwian Prince**, pottf-ct and pampered tond of pleas-ires, ret altogether good, and • oaatantly n-affirraing her devotion to her I s-iband. But her husband, the Prince, ib >n «-xtremtly jealous man, seeing in every admirer, Km over lacking in drsign, a. • jAject for hia jealous rur;e. Vladimir, k. rran-about torn, at a errand ball, dance" «ith her «nd flirts a little. The husband l.ecowe* almost mad vith .icalo-iay. On his way to war. he i» rati-jot in the maelstrom of "revolution and almost ki|l*i; b-it escapes an.l |»aases rUw> *o Vladimir's house, where he nee* «■ woman wearing a rloalt hi- reco-r----ni**« a» belonging to lus wife entering tbo keuM. It i» IVJt really his wife: it is her maid, but before things are made clear the mob enter the tnaneion and l»nocl< dmn bo*h men. Th« «eene abifts to Paris, where thf▼srioua titled anstocrats v,ho appear in fire t'dro are workinjr at whatever they can find *<» do. The TYinoei, that his wife was unfaithful on that nigM, baa become a drunkard. The rarioua rharae'rrs work out their destinies, and jn the end <h» Princess i* proven no>t guilty. But before this happene there are many apecta<-ula" and eic;tinß •ami. Tn the longr run. the- Princess and Prince atari h"f* a?*in in their n©w-found love. Th« actinif in this picture is superb. Btlli* Dove displays her really wonder;:d • ruotkuial acting qualities-. With Antonio lS«r*no playing opposite, lbs scenes are lifted (o great dramatic heihts. There is much *xciteuacnt nnd thrill, with the downfall of Royalty in Russia, the flight of tho ariifawtrat* to Pari*, their plight amid unfa trtiUat* aurroundings, tho cafes, tho haunts *>t the lower element, the final reconciliation, and the hint of new haprnneaa ahead. Th* necond picture is a i-omance of the •suderille stage and the movies, portraying tbe tribulation* of a movie star's husband. William Haines's legion of admirer» will » find a new Haines in "Excess Baggage," tnd applaud hini for a maaterly portrayal o£ a Rrnt rote. He won a irreat roputation with ni« previous filwa, but in this new pictura h* plays the rol* of », vauderille artist who, V,ec»uaa his younp wife joins tha movies and Womoi a etar to help him. finds an inesritabi* obscurity which leads in the end t™ niiiunderstandings. Viewed from any »n»"Ie, "Exeeee Bacgnpo" ta a great picture; »U aentiment is strong and lojrical, it has fun, it has been elaborately produced, and lite cast is excellent. Mmtion mint be mad« of the excellent •we of musio rendered by the orchestra, wliteit is no email part of a capital profrawnto of entertainment.