THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 117, 13 November 1929, Page 5

THE PARAMOUNT THEATRE.

* "Thunderbolt" is now in its second week at tto Paramount Theatre. George Bancroft I* ttte star. Opening in the Intriguing atmosphere of New York's underworld where BancWtft as a fearful death dealer sways the llvjes and destinies of hundreds of human oe(ugs. It swings to the awe-inspiring setting of, Sing Sing's Death Row, where the final exciting climaxes in this most exciting drama arej enacted. The i story captures the dramatic Incidents that cross the news horizon in the newspapers every day. Superbly acted by a/splendid cast, headed by Bancroft Kic^iard Arlen, and Fay Wray, it is a. slice of contemporary life made to live. The supporting sound subjects are well varied and are iof high quality. Box plans are available at Bristol and theatre.

Ea&ar Wallace's famous work, "The Terror,^ • comes to Wellington An "talkie" form next Friday at the Paramount Theatre. Spooky,1 thriffing, uncanny, ludicrous, absorbing are some; of the adjectives that have been applied to It.' An all-star cast appears, including May H'Avioy, Louise Fazenda, Edward Everett Horton, Alec B. Francis. John Miljan, Holmes Herbert, i Mathew Betz. Otto Hoffman, Joseph W. Girard, and Frank Austin. Roy del Euth directed. ■The locale is a dilapidated and unearthly manor, house in rural England, occupied by an aged doctor, who has converted it into a rest fture. His daughter Olga lives with him —and!hl3 later guests make up a helter-skel-ter of humanity scarcely even seen outside the ■walls Of a madhouse. Rumour has it that the vast loot secured by a bank robbery Is secreted in the house, and that the chief Is also hidden ths2ro. - Pandemonium breaks loose when crooks,'. police, hysterical ladies, and the rest are hownded by a fearful, cloaked monster, known \as "The Terror." The creepy, laughable, inexplicable happenings keep the audience spellbound.