PLAZA THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20564, 4 June 1932, Page 20

PLAZA THEATRE.

« ALEXANDER HAMILTON." The season of "Alexander Hamilton," which, with George Arliss in the title role, drew big crowds to tlie Plaza Theatre this week, has been extended. Arliss, who needs no introduction to Christchurch theatregoers, has established his reputation by the strength of his personality, which he infuses into whatever part he takes, bo .that it becomes as much hi. own creation as that of the author of the story. In this film, concerns the life of the man who was ■Washington's first lieutenant, m tho mat difficult days of the American nation, the part, is one which is eminently suited to ms genius, demanding sly humour, and made all the better for Arliss's command of faeial expression. Through it he moves with . a "race that is unusual among tho actors o.t tlio screen. The story'itself concerns the way in ■which Hamilton steers an honest course for America as a whole in spite of, all the divergent interests of the States —interests made vocal through some remarkably characterised politicians. The ultimate conflict 13 between Hamilton's sense of duty to the State and his desire to keep unsmirched his own good name. Doris Kenyon plays the part of Hamilton's charming wife. The film is of real, merit, and the quality of the programme is made even better by first-class supporting features.