DE LUXE THEATRE

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 19, 24 January 1927, Page 5

DE LUXE THEATRE

. lhe Big Parade" has already scored heavily at the De Luxe Theatre. r< i'to aa m,epic stor >' o£ the Great War. The love which is the central theme is not that of a man for a woman, though that side of human passion is also part of the story, but of three men tor one another. These three .»I. efl> each playing his part in the .trench warfare of' Flanders, came from entirely different walks.of life, trained in different ideals, and with an entirely diflerent view of life. One before he donned the uniform of a soldier was a wealthy young man about town; the second was a barman while the third was a riveter. lhe three became friends to the death, and pass through many heroic incidents in the trenches. The riveter is killed during a. big "push," and the wealthy young man loses his leg in the same struggle and is invalided home. Durihe ■i^jl ; esld|V ce: '?./ranee he meets Melisande. She follows .her "Jim into the war area, and . when her sweetheart 13 invalided home she disappears. After his recovery he left ns to France to seek for Melisande, and A. H +1? f -Sto, ry V s human. As the three friends, John Gilbert, Karl °M!' i? nd T? m ° B."en> are delightful, 1 , P irh JJT AT,° ree ls, irresistible as the I'iench girl. The orchestra plays many selections dui-.ng the evening, including ■Verdi. s "La Traviata." "The Big Parade 8 is being screened twice daily