'THE BLACK WATCH COMING

Evening Star, Issue 20346, 30 November 1929, Page 10

'THE BLACK WATCH COMING

SPECIAL TALKIE FOR EMPIRE The new film ;itul talkie attraction at the Empire 'Theatre from Friday next introduces yet another popular player from the silent films who has gone into talkies. His name is Victor M’Laglen, he is a Fox Film star, and his starring production for the organisation with which he is affiliated is the all-talkio ‘The Black Watch,’ based on the Talbot Mundy story, and directed by John Ford. Curiously enough, his ability to withstand punishment, stood him in good stead in the making of this picture, for in one sequence he was obliged to wrestle with a ‘JoOlb man. Fox Movietone means that it is an all-dialogue production. M'Laglen enacts the role of Captain Donald Gordon King, of the “Black Watch.” who is sent to India at the outbreak of the World War on a secret mission for his government. His brother officers incline to the belief that King asked for the detail solely to avoid actual fighting, but the evolution of the story reveals that King upheld all the traditions of Ins regiment, proved himself a valiant soldier, and accomplished the objective of his Government, though he had a fight on his hands mostly because ot the intrigue and scheming of a most exotic woman, Yasmam, who aspired to rule India. Myrna Loy, as Yasmam, heads the supporting cast, which includes such capable and popular players as David Rollins, Lumsden Hare, Roy D’Arcy, Mitchell Lewis, David Torrence, David Percy, and. Cyril .Chadwick,