PARAMOUNT THEATRE.
"The Devil and the Deep."
Frequently it requires numerous sue* cesses on the part of film stars befoi <S they are firmly established in the public favour. Sometimes popularity is attained in one big picture, but'usually; those that remain favourites with tha theatre patrons are the ones that con« sistently give high-clabs peifcimance^. In the cases of both Gary Cooper and Charles Laughton sevei al Hiosc suecco»• ful film productions ha /o brought prestige to their names, and at the moment they are both leading box-ofiice star;. Now1 that success has come their ul.\, it is interesting to find that those tw«j stars played together in "The Devil and the Deep," a Paramount picture produced, some time Jgo They bot i give excellent portrayals, but as at the time neither was well Known thriL* performances passed almost u'inoticco. The Paramount Theatre has arranged to present a revival season of ' The Devil and the Deep" commencing tumorrow. The legion of Cooper-Laush-ton fans should welcome this opportunity of seeing their favourites in a a exciting drama enacted in a submarine. Laughton is the personification of the semi-mad captain and Cooper is m h.-s element as the romantic intruder upo l the jealous captain's married hie
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Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 62, 10 September 1936, Page 5
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205PARAMOUNT THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 62, 10 September 1936, Page 5
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