DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 127, 3 June 1929, Page 5

DE LUXE THEATRE.

An unusual romance In which the villain is lonesomeness is the current feature at the Do Luxe Theatre. It is a drama of the lives of Mary and Jim, both workers in a big city and both living alone. The story concerns a day's history of Mary and Jim when they are thrown together at a crowded beach resort. Spending the day in pursuit of fun on the concessions, they fall In love. They found and lost each other In the same day. But they end up In each other's arms in a surprising climax. Glenn Tryon portrays his first non-comedy role as Jim with success. Barbara Kent is Mary. The picture is a screen sensation. Fay Holderness, Gustave Parto, and Eddie Phillips have brief parts. Good supports are also screened, and the usual excellent music is supplied. In commenting on the film production, "The Ringer," to be shown soon at the De Luxe Theatre, the famous author, Edgar Wallace, remarked:—"l dislike the practice of describing every picture as 'the greatest on earth,' and I- refuse to Indulge in such 'ham.' I prefer to take the more sober note, and to say that. In the series of pictures adapted from my plays and stories, the main purpose has been, and is, to abandon the old methods that were succussful in America ten years ago, to produce a series of box-oHlce attractions, and to create a real British film industry that will not be dependent either on the charity of the exhibitor or the tolerance of the public. As far as 'The Itinger' is concerned, the stage play was adapted from my story, 'The Gaunt Stranger,' which achieved great popularity. The equally favourable reception of the play itself is a matter of common knowledge, which I need not stress.' The film version, which is being shown to-day, is, I feel, a good story—which is the prime requisite in a product built chiefly for entertainment— ; and has in Its cast an actor, Leslie Fabcr, whom I regard as the greatest in England. I believe this picture corresponds alike with the public demand and the interests of the theatres—and at that I leave It.". Annette Benson, Leslie Faber. and Nigel Barrle head a brilliant cast of players.