DE LUXE THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 113, 6 February 1937, Page 13

DE LUXE THEATRE

“The Charge of the Light Brigade” Packed with thrills and excitement, Warner Bros. “The Charge of the Light Brigade” entered its second week at the De Luxe Theatre yesterday. The foolhardy attack on the heights of Balaclava is shown with a strength and a force that carry the audience with the immortal six hundred up to the muzzles of the Russian cannon and beyond. The picture has taken the charge, even to the bursting of the Russian shells among the ranks of the brigade, and the fall of men and horses before cannon and rifle fire, and placed it on the screen. The story begins in an expedition to the stronghold of the powerful Surat Khan on the north-west frontier of India. Then follows the increasing threat of Russia; hanging over both the Far and the Near East. Errol Flynn is convincing as the man who changed retreat into advance. He is ably supported by the beautiful Olivia de Havilland, as a Scottish girl, whose hand is sought in marriage by two brothers. She is betrothed to the elder (Flynn), but during the absence of her fiance fighting on the frontier she falls in love with the younger brother (Patrick Knowles). Struggle as she may. she cannot subdue her love, and when she discovers that both her lovers have been ordered to.the front to fight against the Russians in the Crimean campaign she breaks down and confesses to her betrothed the real state of her feelings. For the battle scenes 15,000 extras were required. The supports, which include a newsreel and a cartoon, are excellent.