THEATRE ROYAL.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19928, 15 May 1930, Page 5

THEATRE ROYAL.

i "Dynamite," at the Theatre Royal this week, has the advantage of possessing a novel and interesting plot—as one would expect from a film directed by Cecil B. de Mille. A young lady is left an immense fortune by hei grandfather, on condition that she marries before her twenty-third bitrhday This has happened before. The young lady however, discovers an entirely new way of avoiding the letter of the testament. Hearing that a murderer, about to be executed. is offering his body to science for 10,000 dollars, the money to be spent on the educa tion of his little sister, she hastens to his side, and offers him a like sum if he will marry her. Willingly he expresses a wish that the ceremony at once be consummated, and the two are made man and wife. But fate conspires to spurn the woman and exalt the man. Somebody else confesses to the murder, and the murderer is released. The complications that follow this extra ordinary commencement are endless. The young lady, despite her upbringing, shows little strength of character in facing the situation. As the murderer husband of the young lady is a miner by occupntion. a coal mine and an attendant tragedy form no little part of the story, while the young lady's wealth affords the opportunity for an enlightening series of Scenes in which the wealthy are shown at play. The players who make of this film Dynamite" such a success are Kay Johnson, who takes the part of the young lady—Cynthia Crothers is her name—and Charles Bickford, whose acting as Hago.» Derk, the miner, is distinctly virile. The young lady's fiance, Roger lowne, is represented by Conrad Na"el.