DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 24, 29 January 1929, Page 5

DE LUXE THEATRE.

What might bo called a short history of the naval sldo of tho Great War is told in "The Exploits of the "Emden," showing at tlie De Luxe Theatre. It deals with with tho career of tlio notorious German raider and her end on the Coco 3 Islands after an attack by the Australian cruiser Sydney. For tho first time in the history of Australia, tho Navy has been used for cinema .purposes. A particularly interesting coup mado by tho Emden during her rovings is shown to advantago in one of the many thrilling sequences to bo seen In tho Him. Sho steamed into l'enang Harbour under cover of a dummy funnel mado of canvas and wood, and- mistaken for a unit of tho Allied Fleet, she went by unchallenged. Sho torpedoed and sank a Russian warship at her moorings without warning. A French destroyor immediately sot up anchor . and bravely attacked the raider, but with her greater gun power tho Emden easily disposed of tho game little craft. The Emden immediately got under way and was heard of no more until tlio Sydney caught her red-handed, at tho Coco 3 Islands, which was tho termination, of the German ship's notorious career on the seas. Other pictures include a gazctto in which the principal item dealt with a British.'-.women's sports .meeting, and a comody eutltlcd "Navy Beans." On the musical side of the programme, thero is a tine collection, including "Nautical March," by the tho Orchestra Do Luxe, and with tho WurllUei organ a fantasia of British sea.chanties, while 3!r. Emanuel Aarous, on the Wurlitzer played a Iheme song, "When Love Comes ,bt°a IinRIt is said that in . "The Cossacks, Metro-Goluwyn-Maycr reveal- tho most astoundlngiy original motion picture enterprise of all screen History, a super-spectacle, a giant sbowinanattrnction, .unquestionably the most staggering undertaking of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer creativeness. First, a troupe of 250 real Losbaxhs, handsome horsemen of Russia s flaming (laJ* °/ military glory, each with his Arabian steed were brought to America at an initial cost of £250,000. Then, backed by the tremendous financial aud technical resources of Mctro-Gold-wyn-Mayer, production was started, tho final result reported to bo one of the most pretenlious aud spectacular motion pictures of recent years. Most pictures have to do with love, ot course. But it lias remained to John Gilbert, more or less noted as a lover, to inject a new idea into fills thing that scrcon drairia is mado of This idea—and it is an intensely dramatic and thunderously powerful one—is to be seen in "The Cossacks." But there Is still another element of love In-it; ono that lends itself to more powerful drama, and that is the love ot father and son. It is the love that drives a father to absolutely, torture his son until tho boy is bent to bis ideals; the love of a strong fl"hting man that becomes almost a fanaticism under the stress of emotional turbulence, bull, through it runs the sweetest love story In the world; tlie romance of a boy and girl tossed hither and thither by tho resistless tide of affairs. Gilbert, as tho swashbuckling Cossack soldier on tho Russian steppes, is dramatic, dashing—and appealing. Miss Adorce is charming as a peasant girl. Ernest Torrance, us tho stern old Cossack chieftain, is a figure of compelling power, and Mary Alden, as the hero's mother. Dale Fuller, Josephine Borio, Nell Nelly, Yorko Sherwood, Joseph Mari, and Paul Hurst, make up a truly notable cast. The Cossacks," which opens next Friday at tho De Luxe Theatre, will bo enhanced liy tho Do Luxe musical presentation—the combined artistry of the Orchestra De Luxe and the Wurlitzer orchestral unit, botli under the direction of Emanuel Anrons.