DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 120, 16 November 1929, Page 14

DE LUXE THEATRE.

A picture with a story of unusual interest' and in which some very fine, singing and dancing effects have been introduced is- the /'Rainbow Man,", which opened a season at : tho Da Luxo Theatre last evening. Eddie Dowling, the famous singing comedian of the Broadway stage, who appears in the leading role;-is a first-class talkie player. Opposite Dowling is Marion N-ixon, who also gives a splendid portrayal. Frankie Darro—the new ; child actor—iv whom a great part of the emo;tlonal appeal centres, gives a well-merited performance; " The picture gains its atmosphere v frora the life of American -show people, dealing Jin particular with an" old-time minstrel troupe, >-Wlth Its Negro melodies, part songs, patter men) ; and dance artists. Eddie Dowling la the small--time minstrel man who adopts" Little Pal -(Frankle Darro) after the child's father has ;-fceen killed in a vaudeville accident. Marlon 'Nlscon is the daughter of a small-town hotel 'propprletor who falls in love with Dowling "While his troupe is playing in her town. Circumstances arise which compel the Balnbow •~3lan to leave the country and seelr his fortune .elsewhere. ■ The picture goes on through sunj. Rhine and tears and comedy until the lovers k are finally united in a touching scene wherein _ the " rainbow of their romance "shines through. ..la addition to the principal feature,, there are : Beveral supporting films, including the Fox h.Movietone sight and sound record of the Mel- ' bourne Cup race of last Tuesday week. This r.picture is of unusual interest to New Zea•landers and represents the first talkie film of •that great event. An-added attraction to last "evening's programme was the re-appearance of Mir. L. D. Austin and his original De Luxe Orchestra. The merits of this ■ splendid com'blnatlon of artists are well • known and need "no introduction to Wellington audiences: " In..eluded among the numbers-, was: .''The- Arcadians" (Moncktori) played as an overture, .and "Carmen" (Bizet) as.entr'acte. Mr. Paul •T.Cullen was at the Wurlltzer organ. The management of the De Luxe Theatre an- ■ Bounce that "Broadway,". the all-dlaloguo proiduftton of the successful New York play, will i open at this theatre on Friday, 29th Novem- ' her, with Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, and. \ Myrne -Kennedy in the leading roles. The story ', of "Broadway" contrasts rthe romance of a 'boy and a girl, entertainers In New York's \ crescendo pleasure whirl, against the drama ■of the underworld^ The love, of Roy Lane and ' Billie Moore, played by Glenn" Tryon and Myrna ' Kennedy, Is threatened by the sinister shadow rof Steve Crandall, the "liquor -king," played ' by Robert Ellis, and they find themselves drawn "into the vortex of gangster warfare because of Crandall's desire for the Beautiful revue rgirl. How Pearl, the "belle of Broadway," : avenges the murder of her sweetheart, and ,how Dan M'Corn, the "white" cop of the night .. club belt, plays straight, forms the climax ' which delighted New York' for, ninety conse- . cutive weeks. Pearl's powerful role is enacted by Evelyn Brent, and both Thomaj> Jackson and Paul Porcasl, who play the detective and ' the night-club proprietor, respectively, create for the screen the same characterisations which • they played throughout the New York stage " run.-. The castjalso Includes Otis Harlan, one of the most beloved character comedians on ; the screen, Marlon Lord, as Lll, "queen of the night clubs," Leslie Fenton as "Scar" Ed- \ wards, Betty Francisco as Malzlc, and the "Broadway Revue," perhaps the most beautl- , ful chorus ever assembled, even iii Hollywood The music was furnished for all -the revue . numbers by Gus Arnheim and his Coconut Grove Orchestra. One of the greatest and most romantic loves of history is the theme of "The Divine Lady," starring Corinne Griffith, which opens at the DeLuxe Theatre next Friday. Lady Hamilton, the role played by Miss Griffith, rose from obscure" birth—her father was a blacksmith—to• become a world-famous beauty, the wife of a. great diplomat, and a real pov?er to be reckoned with in International affairs. Lord Nelson, at the same time, was becoming England's great naval hero. The meeting of the two In Naples began an Ideal-istic-romance entirely sanctioned by the aged Lord Hamilton which the world did not understand. "The Divine Lady," from the historical novel by E. Barrington, tells a pictorial story of "those dramatic .days that is epic in its sweep. Hi B. * Warner, Victor Varcont, lan Keith, Maria Dressier, Montagu Love, Dorothy Cummlngs, and others are In the cast.