DELUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 128, 4 June 1929, Page 5

DELUXE THEATRE.

An unusual .rail ,ance In which tho villain Is lonesonfeness lsj. the current feature at the De Luxe Theatre. It \ is a drama of the lives of Mary and Jim, bo| h workers in a big city and both liring alone, j The story concerns a day's history ofMary.an d.Jlm when they are thrown •togelherat a efo\ir Jed beach resort. Spending the day in pursutl of fun on the concessions, they, fall In 10ve..,' They found and lost each other in the same day. But they end up in each other's arms fc l.a surprising climax. Glenn Tryon portrays his first non-comedy role" as Jim with/success. 4 Barbara Kent is Mary. The picture is a screen.- sensation. Fay Holderness, Gustave Parto, anil Eddie Phillips 1 have brief parts. Good supp« rts are also screened, and the usual excellent! iflusicis supplied.. In commenting of-i the film production, "The Ringer," to be sty wn soon at the De Luxe Theatre, the famo« 3 author, Edgar Wallace, remarked:—"l dlsl^:e the practice of describing" every picture -j :s 'the greatest on earth,' and I refuse to lndi -lge in such 'flam.' I prefer to rtake the more si ber note, and to say that. In the series of.plcti ires adapted from my plays and-stories. the mat i.purpose.has been, and is, to abandon 'the oH( I methods ' that' were succussfut in Amerieii ten years; ago, to prodube"a: series' of bo x-offlee attractions, and to create a real British film' industry thai will hot be dependent 'eitherj on. the charity of the exhibitor ,br: the 1-; toleuj .nee of the public. As far as 'The -Ringer' is | concerned, the'stage-play was'adapted .;from| .iiMy" • story, 'The Gaunt Stranger,' .which. aeS ieyed great popularity. The equally favourable 'j -eception.'of tho play itself Is a matteryof cornea^ «n knowledgej which I need not-stress..... The fij a version, which is being shown, to-day, is, Er feel, ft good story—which la the* prime ;requlsiii: j in a product built chiefly for entertainment—j .nd has in its cast-an actor, .Leslie Fabe;:}. whom I regard .as ; the greatest in-Efiglandj I believe this picture corresponds* alike with if the public demand and the interests .of the-th* atres—and at that I leave it." Annette Bensuij v, Leslie Faber, and Nigel Barrio head a brillfc ,nt cast of players. :