DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 118, 14 November 1929, Page 5

DE LUXE THEATRE.

The Drake Case," an all-talking picture, will be shown finally to-night at r,«." ' IlU,? e Theatre- "Tha Drake Case', is really the trial of The Peonle versus Lulu Marks, an . intri E uin E character accused of the cold-blooded murder of a 2 woman, Mrs. George Morgan Drake. th™ L « C? U« e Story is Practlca»y enacted through the testimony of witnesses, the picture i!" be«n handled in an Interesting manner. In The Drake Case" the audience in the theatre becomes the audience In the Courtroom listend..The a- sa Crane, Doris Lloyd, Bill Thorne. Eddie Hewn Tommy Dugan, Byron Douglas, Francis Ford Henry Barrows, Amber Norman, and Barbara Leonard. Good supports are also screened _ The De Luxe Theatre management announces the re-engagement, ■as from to-morrow of Mr. L D. Austin and his original De Luxe Orchestra The re nstatement of that outstand? ing combination is of considerable interest and gives the De Luxe Theatre a strong posi.l tion in respect of "multi-unit entertainments", —flrst, selection of the best in "talkie" faro the Wurlitzer orchestra unit under the direction of the talented Paul T. Cullen, and Orchestra De Luxe, with Mr. L. D. Austin at the head of affairs. The principal feature for next Friday is the all-talking and singing attraction. "The Rainbow Man." It is a musical talkie without jazz. Eddie Dowllng dared to write and appear in a show that had not one ounce of jazz. "The Rainbow Man," the first picture in which Eddie Dowling, a Broadway ,r'i, CTer aPPeared, is rich in tuneful melodies, suns by the star and others in the production, and it is based on a plot which deals-with plain people. The three hit songs Bainh Sh?r W . a.te Catchy> but not jamy- "Tlle Kamnow Man" was a tremendous success in wi .and' coming nearer home, in Auckand recently, where it was responsible for three weeks of big attendances. Marion Nixon Frankee Darro, Sam Hardy, and Lloyd Ingrahani head a. brilliant supporting cast of players Contained in "Rainbow Man" are three melodies that every audience will remember. Sleepy \alley" "Smile, Little Pal," and Rainbow Man." Box plans for tho entire season arc now on view at Bristol and Aitken's. A news reel of great Interest to Xew Zealanders is the Fox Movietone sight and sound record of file eventful Melbourne Cup race of SJ;*' *■■«*. This represents the first talkie film of that famous event, and its arrival in Wellington yesterday „,orni ir fscreening next Friday)) is a tribute to the ent terprjse of-the Australian contingent of C--Movietone cameramen. Oue is enabled to hear as well as sco all the thrills, colour, and ™C!ac^^ as. s°ciated with one of the world's greatest .Turf events. The box plans are avail-able-at The Bristol and Aitken's.