KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 2, 2 July 1926, Page 11

KING'S THEATRE.

There is a touch o£ romance and a thrill in "The Still Alarm," the Universal-Jewel production, now showing at the King's Theatre. Iv it is a combination of the dash and hardihood of the firefighter o£ yesterday and to-day, the luxurious elegance of a s-mart modiste shop, the tragedy of a ruined home, and touches of comedy. ''The Still Alarm" is a modernised screen version of the famous old melodrama of the same name that for years thrilled millions of theatre patrons. In it Universal has linked the fire-tighter of other days with his successor of to-day. On to the screen dash the picturesque horse-drawn apparatus of the past and then with the lapse of time, eighteen years, comes the powerful motorised apparatus of to-day. Bells clang, sirens shriek; an old-time tenement house goes up in flames, and a modern one falls prey to fire. These episodes form the backgrounds and settings of a convincing story. This picture has been given a great cast, which includes Helene Chadwick, William Russell, Richard C. Travers, John T. Murray, Dot Farley, Edna Marian, Edward Hearn, Jacques d'Aurav, and Erin la Bissoniere. A well-selected supporting programme, together with appropriate musical selections by the King's Select Orchestra, offers suitable embellishment.