PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 6

PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

There were crowded attendances at both the afternoon and evening sessions at the ■Paramount Theatre yesterday at the second ' special feature produced -since the reopening of this theatre after its complete transformation, bringing it up to the standard of th.c best of motion picture theatres. "Don Juan" was presented, with the famous actor Jolm Barryinore in the principal character. The scene of the first part of the story is in Spain—at Don Jose's castle. John Barrymore takes two parts—first, Don Jose, the father, and subsequently Don Juan, the son. The castles of Spain are Been in ajl their grandeur, and the nobility in all its wealth of costume and glitter. A jealous womaa ends Don Jose's life. Before dying, the father ■warns his young son against women, who had destroyed his life. In the next part John Barryniore ds seen as. Don Juan, a young' nobleman in Roniel This is at the period of the Borgias, the cruel rulers of those'days. Don Juan has now become a heartless deceiver of women. The pomp, pageantry, and gay.life of the. court and nobility of the time, the 15th century, are ■well' represented. Rome is a whirlpool of fiod and,evil. The court of the infamous orgias Caesar and his haughty and heartlees sister Lucretia make a glittering picture. The contrast of Lucretia and the simple, faithful^ and beautiful Adriana are conspicuous in these scenes. The hectic: life of deceit and wrong brings its inevitable punishment. The first of a series o£ beautiful ' pictures, "Mendelssohn" is on the programme. Some scenes in the life of the master' musician are shown, and the orchestra renders selections of his famous compositions, including "The Spring Sang," "On Wings of Song," "The Wedding March," etc. Indeed throughout the whole entertainment the incidental music is a special feature. "Don Juan" will be repeated to-night and throughout next-week.