"THE BIG PARADE."

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 15, 19 January 1927, Page 5

"THE BIG PARADE."

i . ' Metro-Goldwyn-Ma'yer's: big. film, "The Big Parade/ will commence its. tour of, New Zealand at the De Luxe Theatre on.Friday at the matinee at.2.30.;• Matinees will; be' held at the same hour every day throughout, the/season. The story of 1 "The Big parade" is as-follows:—Jim Ap- | person (John Gilbert), the son of a rich } man, goes to the, war with Slim, a riveter, j and Bull, a plain barman, as line mates. ij Jim leaves. a . girl" behind him. . The three 3 friends, Musketeers, . land .■■■in S France., Most of the boys were "eager to' 5 reach the front, not so Jim," who had met ! Melisande (Renee Adoree). The orders 3 came, to "go"—Melisandeyi heart. sank. J Jim searches for Melisande, ■• and' suddenly ;they vfind each' other. > "Good-bye, sweet--2 heart, 'good-bye." Jim, Slim, and- Bull 'find themselves in a shellholo—orders como, i- a machine-gun must be captured. Slim falls over-the "top": under coyer, of; dark- . ness. Slim is gone too long.' Jim cannot bear, it any longer. He goes" to' find hispal. AVhen-he reaches his ;friend, it is top 1 late-^Slimis dead. A terrible hatred fires him—he' swears revenge. Regardless of the-machine-gun bullets, "he i-uns at the enemy.' With':the Armistice. comes thrilling days :of peace and' home; but when there he found the girl he left behind him, at ■ the first . instance, engaged [ to his stay-at-home brother. \lt was better 1 so. 'He returned to Prance to find his lost .Melisande working in.the field -just as he had first seen her, and all ended hap-: pily. Mr. Thomas C. \Yood, "a baritone, ■will sing "The Dream,of the Big Parade," and .the.' special; New York musical, score, will be rendered, afternoon and evening, by : the., Orchestra Be Luxe, . directed .by S Miss A. Brye'rs. Box plans will be opened @ at The Bristo! and at Aitken's on Monday H atlO.a.m.'^. :'.:.. ..•':■■ : -;:; :: '■;.; "■-■.'•: .:.