DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 29, 3 August 1926, Page 10

DE LUXE THEATRE.

The Do Luxe Theatre is screening one of the most humorous comedies that it has been the privilege of the amusement lover to witness, and Skinner's Dress Suit," the title of the film, should go down in memory as one of Wellington's real laughtermakers. Reginald Denny, as Skinner, an under-paid clerk, who is in mortal dread of the authority of the "boss," gives a rendering of a character that.is met with almost daily in the realms of commerce, whore one man says "go" and another goes without question. His wife, Laura la Plante, is an entirely different character, probably because she has never experienced the authority and discipline that exist in the world of business, and she is terribly keen for the advancement of her husband, who she considers to be one of the world's geniuses. On the programme is a gazette containing many topical subjects, and a. short comedy film. The music as usual has received special attention, and as an overture the De Luxe Orchestra, under the direction of Miss A. Bryers, plays Alford's "Musical Switch." "ROMOLA." Following close on Lillian Gish's phenomenal success, "The White Sister," which is still shattering records, comes another triumph for this remarkable star, and incidentally for her talented sistei 1, Dorothy. Henry King, whose genius and fine imagination enabled him to make "The White Sister" a truly great screen play, has found yet another feature in which Miss Gish is given further opportunity to display her dramatic ability and her ex.peptional emotional powers. This is in "Romola," which commences a season on Friday, with a matinee on Saturday, at 2.30. It is a screen version of George Eliot's English classic, which has been read by the millions, and considered the greatest romance of all time. The picture tells of the exciting life of the Florentines in the romantic days of Savonarola, and .reaches a high degree of artistry from the point of view of photography as well as acting. Apart from the two stars, Ronald Colman, who will also be remembered in "The White Sister," has a part that stamps him as possibly the finest male star on the screen to-day. The special musical score compiled for the New York presentation will be rendered by the Orchestra De Luxe. In addition, there will be a prologue. Assisting artists are Miss Kells and Mr. Herbert F. Wood. The box plans are open at The Bristol, Aitken's Book Arcade, or ring the theatre.