"TESHA."

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

" TESHA."

SEASON EXTENDED. CBYaTAL PALAC£. Uniiig lo the enormous success o; "Tesria" liil week 'he management of Crystal Pa'aoe derided to extend tao season for another and, judging by the large house and the interest shown last nig'at, the management have done wisely. Xo other picture with such a. plot has been seen in Christchurch before, but whether its sensational climax is the right or.e is difficult to decide. The picture is a British one and gives further ind.cation or the tremendous strides the i-'uslish producers are making towards "he-p-eduction of the be?', in pictures. Tesha is :i. famous dancer, who loves her art, but thtie corne9 a time when she wants to ha-'e a home i-.rd children. She marries lor this ;.;irpose. but after five years she discovers she is still childless. Tesha goes to Sotithumpton to meet her husband's mo'her, and v- hilst there she contracts a lia:eon with a :'ii'.-.r.d of her husband. On i.:turnin;r she n-.ccts the man at her home, and is intro-ib-ced to him by her husband, the latter i rpjainin™ that, he raved hir.i at th-> war. There are many complications, including a "o.i V, but the tangle is straightened out mire or less satisfactorily in the end. Mis* Mafia Covda, a beautiful Austrian actress. tsl:e«i the role "f Tesha. n -.art which dcii inds great histrionic pO'veis. Mr Jameson Thomas, who takes the par* of Tesha's husband, gives a rr.osi finished performance. An ente'taming is "Fandango," starring Lunino Lane, and there aro also t'io in fere? tin;; Miss Liilinn lUnhatii and "Mr A. M -Donald ■ire associated in a, pretty serna, 'Trie Barcarolle." from 'Tales o' Hoffman,." Mr A. •I. lSunz and liis orches'ia supplied bti arris >:o pTogrammo of music appropriate fo the pictures.