PALACE THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10450, 3 December 1927, Page 10

PALACE THEATRE

“SENORJTA” AND “LA VALENCIA.” Bebe Daniels, the greatest cowiclienne on the screen in ‘‘Sonorita,’’ aid Alae Murray, in her greatest hit 'i-Valencia” are the sensational attractions at the Palace at the matinee and to-night-. “Senorita” is. a romantic comedy drama of love and adventure in South America written especially to suit the buoyant per.onalty of Brbe. Bebe, heir to a apanish American family, is fondly thought of. by her grandfather as a bo/, her real sex being jealously kept .rom him by her father. When she visits bis ranch she finds out Quit he ‘Xpects a hov and dons the right ,-lothes. The feminity of tho Jieir Joes net make a favorable impression, but “his” deeds soon change the jpinions of those around. There is a thrilling story and a delightful romance,. Alae Alui-ruy, scintillating star ol the screen,' glitters dice more in “Va.erieia,” her new Metro-Goldwyn-Alayer vehicle. She is the same gorgeous cre-.-.ture: the same dazzling •aenuty in wonderful gowns—but unlcrneatii it she discloses 'the. fire oi Irmnatio art that might grace a Bernhardt or a ;Duse. it is a vivid Spanish story of love and romance, pern and ba/.ara, told with tins brilliant sweep of Dlmiti'i Biicjiowctzki s t'cmnrkable direction. Gorgeously staged ami cast, the story abounds in such impressive scenes as the great courtyard scene where the Governor of Barcelona arrives in pomp and pageantry; the kaleidoscopic garden I'ote in tbs pained iu, Barcelona, and •jther remarkable incidentals to one of ill" sweetest love stories ever told on the screen. Lloyd Hughes plays the hero, and js an, ideal foil for the star, and Roy D’Arcy/pi-oyes good a viliaiu as ever in the role of the evil governor, while Max Barwyn, as liis sinister satellite, has a remarkable cliaractet to portray. .