NEW OPERA HOUSE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19888, 27 March 1930, Page 7

NEW OPERA HOUSE.

Acclaimed in all English-speaking conntries a* a masterpiece, "Disraeli's" popularity can be understood. It has been running for nearly five weeks at Fuller's New Opera Hquse now, and tberp have so far been no signs o£ any abatement in the film's drawing •power. It is a Warner Bros.' and Vitapbone superproduction, which for pure drama, magnificent acting, and clarity of dialogue, must tank as one of the gerateat achievements of the talking film. Its absorbing story is acted by one of the finest all-English casts that has yet appeared on the talking screen, and English of the best kind is spoken. The wprk of George Arliss in the title role : is something that will, it is said, linger in the memory for years to come. Assisting George Arliss in this wonderful production are such splendid players as Joan Bennett, Florence Arliss, Ivan Simpson, David - Torrence, Doris Lloyd, and Anthony Bushell. The plot of the brilliant story revolves around Disraeli's acquisition of the Suez Oanal by buying the shares of the improvident Khedive of Egypt at a time when Russia was attempting to acquire them. The Bank of England refused to lend Disraeli's Government the money to buy "a ditch," but a fellow-Jew, called Meyer in the play, really reputed to be one of the Rothschilds lent him the money which made the deal possible. "Disraeli" is supported by an excellent supporting programme of "Vitaphone varieties," featuring Larry Abatto's Crystal Cave Revue, Professor Moore and his orchestra in musical. gems, Born and Lawrence, "The Aristocrats," vaudeville comedians. in pantomime and song, and Charles Hackett, -leading tenor of the Chicago Civic Opera Company, singing "The Song of the Nile" and "The Song of India."