"EAST MEETS WEST."

Evening Post, Volume CXXII, Issue 149, 21 December 1936, Page 4

"EAST MEETS WEST."

George Arliss Again.

"East Meets West," opening at th« Plaza Theatre on: Friday stars George Arliss, with Lucie Mannheim, Ballard Berkeley, Romney Breht, and Godfrey; Tearle. It is a Gaumont>British picj ture released throughout Australia and New Zealand by G.B.D. George Arliss s latest' .starring vehicle is,.rich melo^ drama?" flavoured:: plentifully thrills, adventure, and romance.1 As the wily Sultan':of an/Eastern principality, he successfully wheedles great sums of money out of Britain and another Eastern Power, playing against them the life of a renegade Englishman, a rum-runner, whose wife has had M , an affair with the Sultans Oxford-, •' educated son. There is action in plenty.* in this offering. Arliss is his usual! polished self, investing every word h»3 speaks and every gesture he makfes with infinite dignity >and significance. Lucie Mannheim is an attractive and appealing figure as the unfortunate wife, while Romney Brent's study of a Japanese diplomat is flawless. Much excitement is derived-from great crowd scenes in which natives: mob for the life' of the erring Englishman. The splendour of settings, dress, arid manner is unique and wholly satisfying. A rich offering, this, suitable for all audiences- who enjoy ripe entertainment, full of thrills, romance, and the intrigue that surrounds the East. ;