DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVI, Issue 141, 18 December 1928, Page 6

DE LUXE THEATRE.

The title of tlio big picture-at the Do Luxe Theatre" Is "Home, James," am! the chief rolo ll taken by Laura La I'lantc, while she is well supported ' by": Charles -Delaucy and .'eorgc I'earcc. „The\; heroine., lives in a smal) country town-.,with her step-mother and step-sister, but .hpftllwne relationships aro none too happy, ami- alio decides to go to Now "y o rk and thefo folldV; .'her bent as an artist. Vhis wolutlon sheI'.follo'yfs out,, but finds that the task or making a-livelihood-is by no means easy, with the result that eventually she takes up a position In a. largo department - store, where she becomes attracted by the son of tho proprietor. Alt the time,,lvor relations understand that she is making a huge success of her art, and they dccldo to pay lier a visit, and it Is then that the tangled web becomes still more tangled, causing a great doal of laughter. The story Is.cleverly conceived/and just asfc cleverly brought.to a satisfactory coneluslonJ. Tho supportfrig pictures-t.re splendid. The Orchestra do, Luxe has been, augmented -by tho InchisloiKof-Mr. 11. C. C-laysher, an accomplished harpist;, Mr. Emanuel Aarons presides, at the Wurlitzec-organ. At the Do Luxe Theatre. Christmas- programmes will commcneo;pn Friday. Matinees will bo held for four weeks .starting, on Friday with two noteworthy, attractions, on the first week's bill. The,,pictorial section will be represented by Reginald.Denny's latest.comedy, "Red Hot Speed."XUrt ..ajldlttou .-• there will be an elaborately-slUged. -tabloid, panto-, mime, Svhleh will be presented at-both matinee and night sessions (including Christmas Day and night) for one week only. Burlesque . versions of "Babes In tlio Wood," "Little • ned .Hiding Hood," and other popular juenllo pantomime offerings, are to be presented with special- music and .lighting effects -In addition to elaborate dressings and background. Emanuel Aarons is responsible for the> writing and production of this, and the performers, numbering over forty accom-plished-children, aro from the Eileen'Wilson School >-of Dancing. A series of hilariously disconcerting situations, a thoroughly capable and well-chosen cast,- and bright. and witty tilting comblno to mako "lied Hot Speed" a picture, of outstanding value, it is said. It also brings once again to the screen,,the/most popular star, Reginald Denny, in what is declared to bo_.-6noj.of the best comedies he. has appeared in for some considerable time. lie is supported }>y,Allce Day, while others In the east Include Thomas Itlcketts, Charles Byor, He ■WltfJennirigs-,- Frltzl "Ridgway; and Hector V. Sarno. Box plans are available at the Bristol, -Begft-'s, -and -Altken's Book Arcade. A £400.000 film version of Harriet Boechcr Stowe's novel. ""Uncle" Tom's' Cabin;" will liavc its first Wellington showing at the -De Luxo Theatre on 28th December, with daily matinees.. It was directed by Harry Pollard, who played. Uncle Tom in the old version. ''/Margarita Fischer portrays the;-role of Eliza.'. The, supporting cast contains names- prominent In the cinema, such: as Arthur. Edmund Carew; Lucien Littlefleld,-' John.::K6cho. Gertr'ud_o, Astor, Eulalte Jensen,' George -Siogmariii," Jack' Mower, Vlrlen Oakland,- and'..do.zens'"'of; others: ;...It. is; a far cry froth; the old-time;' ''Ifnele' Toni" to that of tho spectacular-production- to be shown at the De Luxp Theatre. .In tho old days a locatio ntrip; Jo Sjiacramcnto was .considered a terrific journey in .search .of atmosphere. For tho new ("Uncle Tom's Cabin," several jaunts acrosj the. continent to New; York, a j nine weeks' 'stay on tho Mississippi, and Innumerable slde-trlps>. were ..taken as. a . matter I of course. •- •■' '■'■'•