DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 151, 30 June 1928, Page 7

DE LUXE THEATRE.

Satire provides the base upon which stands the plot and story of "Tho Private Mfc of Helen of Troy," screened for the first time last evening at tho Do Luxe Theatre. Tho whole play is most original In conception and staging, while tho scenes in which tho lady's lovo affairs take prominenco are both subtle, and humorous. The domestic doings of Helen and her husband, King Menelau.s raised a great deal of laughter last evening, while the subtitles are a distinct feature of the screening. King Monolaus finds himself forced into war when his wifo elopes with Paris, who is of tho "sheik" type, and a born breaker of hearts. Helen, bored with her huband, who is too busy to make love to her, meets Paris,' and later is persuaded to elope with him. When tho fact is discovered by the people they force tho King to go to war, though ho is rather glad because the elopeemnt has . given him a domestic peace which ho had not experienced since he entered tho married state. When tho King's troops enter Troy, Helen seeks an interview with her huband with a view to ending the war, but he evades her, and the investment of the city goes on for years, a bright idea of tho King eventually bringing about its capture. The picture, one of the most unique ever screened In Wellington, is wellcast, the principal characters being taken by ■Maria Corda, while Lewis Stone makes'an entirely satisfactory King Menelaus, and Klcardo Cortez is of the real sheik type-as Paris. The settings are excellent and quite in keepIng with the subject. Other pictures on the programmo are a gazette In which the recent motor .fatality on Daytona Beach Is tho central subject, and a comedy, "Cradle Robbers. Tho musical side of the programme assisted the picture considerably, Mr. Emanucl Aarons playing "Shine on, Harvest Moon" on tho wurlitzer, and the Orchestra Do Luxe having for its principal items Amboiso Thomas's Raymond" and Dellbqs's processional march from "Bacchus." The music incidental to tho main picture was also of an interesting nature. We programmo is to be screened again this evening, and repeated each evening in tho early part of next week.