KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 130, 29 November 1939, Page 6

KING'S THEATRE.

"The Real Glory."

Samuel Goldwyn's.-, latest production, "The Real Glory," is reported to be the best action picture produced since "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer." Sixfoot Gary Cooper and the lovely darktressed Andrea Leeds provide romantic interest in this stirring story of the Philippines. Henry Hathaway, who directed Gary Cooper in. "The Lives of a Bengal Lancer," also,....directs in "The Real Glory," which commences screening at the King's Theatre on Friday. The picture unfolds'a thrilling and exciting tale of adventure and romance with a series of niost exciting scenes filled with vswift action and tense suspense. Gary : ; Cooper- plays the type of heroic, outdoor- role/which has made him the prime favourite with motion, picture .-lovers, portraying ■ a doctor who has joined the constabulary in" the Philippine Islands. The story of- "The :Real Glory" was transferred to the screen from the hovel by Charles L. Clifford, ; and dramatises the bold era of adventure and turmoil which reigned in the Philippines following the Spanish-American war after the American army was evacuated and the islands were over-run by religious native terrorists. Ahdreai,Leeds is the heroine. David Niven, who recently gaVe magnificent performances in "The Dawn v Patrol" ' and y "Withering Heights," plays an important and amusing .rble as Cooper's: rival for v the heroine: Niven is now becoming;almost as popular as Cooper* ih romantic and heroic-'roles. Reginald Owen;> Brbderick Crawford, and Kay Johnson are also in the cast. "The Real,Glory"Vis one of Goldwyn's finest : production triumphs. He "built panorama after panorama of thrills att'-^he;:!^^^--^o'^ \wy^^anner|-'cul^in4iang^i|ifcA;iJ3reathT of the;: Spectacular'-dynar mitittg of a dam tliat saves -thousands from death by thirst and pestilence.