PALACE THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 10473, 31 December 1927, Page 10

PALACE THEATRE

PPOT |T .ED STOCK IN G ’ AN D “THE TAXI DANCER."

The Palace attractions to-day arc for one night and one matinee only. These two attractions are the two greatest pictures presented on one bill. Did you raise your hov to be a student or an athlete? And ii he turned out a gav young blade instead. what then? If you want to see how somebody else’s hoys turnon out; if you want to see why thenfather throw out his chest and went into the depths ol despair; if -o want to find out why their. motlicsmiled indulgently, watch “Robed ettoekincs,’' Paramount's ‘‘youth pictureT James Rail is the philandoiino-. gambling, flirting collegian who "ots in and out of scrapes wit.i gav abandon. Richard Arlen is Ins sturdier, quieter brother whose ambition is to shine in college athletics, f ouisc Rrookp brunette beauty fits into the surroundings Nancy i n bps a vibrant young blonde, and a newcomer to the screen, gives an effective portrayal as a r<?lW sororitv sister. , "Without doubt one of the most intriguing pictures of the now season is “The Taxi Dancer Tho L>xi Dancer” was clirvcted by Ham- Milarcle, the. producer oA “Over tluHill’’ and “If Winter tomes, and is based on the novel ot the same name bv Robert Terry Shannon, loan Crawford plays the title role. that of the ■ niojully reared girl uh becomes a “tax. dancer the httU understood class or girls who hue out as professional partners tor an men who care to dance with them. \t, excellent periormanee is given bOiven Moore, who plays the part ol the good-hearted crook, who rerorms in spite of himself through his association with Joslyn.

MONDAY’S PROGRAMME.

Fnx Films screen version cf the sensational Parisian, London ana New York stage success, jn< Monkey Talks opens on Monday night. This ns mystery, comechdrluna, directed hv Raoul Raisin maker of ‘What Price Glow, • Th. story, is unusual in plot, treat men and is a decided noveltv. lo sa> tnleast, the idea of a ta lcing monkey ; s unusual. The story deals with tin lives and romances of a, tr ° n V? ~i vt. „s performers, including a talk n._ menkev, with Olive Borden in the steller" role. Jacques Lerner pl->U the part of the monkey that t.iUs. Raymond Hitchcock, star or a dozen Broadway successes, is cast L enzo, while Don Alvarado is in the rule of Wic-lc, the, lover.