DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 107, 6 May 1926, Page 6

DE LUXE THEATRE.

A most thrillin? period of American history provides tne setting round which "The Pony Express," showing for the last time this evening at the De Luxe Theatre, is built. Like most of the pictures by James Cruze, it has. many spectacular elements, aa well as numberless exciting incidents. Miss Betty Compson as the heroine gives a very fine performance, and she is ably supported by Kicardo Cortez, the pony express rider. Another actor who deserves mention is Ernest Torrence, his characterisation of an eccentric religious fanatic being a memorable piece of acting. Wallace Beery adds further 'to his laurels in the part of an irresponsible vagabond. As is usual at the De Luxe Theatre, the musical p-ogramme plays a very prominent part in the evening's amusement, and the orchestra, under the leadership of Mr. L. D. Austin, plays selections from "The Barber of Seville," and incidental music from the compositions of Brahms, Delibes, Bizet, Mendelssohn, Massenet, Sousa, and other equally well-known composers. "Introduce Me," which commences screening at the De Luxe Theatre tomorrow, with a matinee on Saturday at 2.30, is the first picture from an original story in which Douglas Mac Lean has appeared since becoming an independent producer. Adventures and hilarity crowd each other for the first place in a series of wild escapades. It is also considered the funniest and jolliest parcel of joy ever given by Douglas Mac Lean. Fulf of ' situations throughout that evoke hilarious.laughter, in other words a perfect comedy, there will _be many patrons who will want to see it twice. On the same programme will be screened^ No. 4 Stereoscopiks, being another series of those strange pictures which come right out of the screen and almost touch you. -Glasses will be given nightly, and also at Saturday's matinee. The musical programme has been carefully selected, altogether making a programme of extraordinary merit. The box plans :ire open at The Bristol, Aitken's Book Arcade, or ring the theatre.