PALACE THEATRE.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 10593, 23 May 1928, Page 6

PALACE THEATRE.

"THE WRECK ” Shirley Ala-son and Malcolm MacGregor Jiead me cast in "The Wreck/' the romantic crook melodrama to ho finally scTcenc.it at- the I'alaee to-night. 'J tie story concerns Ann’s thrilling adventures, wh.ch began when stie was caugfA m the toils ot two croons and rushed into a bogus marriage. Ann’s wedding seemed to be wrong somewhere, hut sue was too trusting to realise .it was a bogus ceremony, and mat she was marrving a cn.os. Joe s wedding pi I sen t of a ro.Hi.strr delighted her ui.t.l sh" discioe. ,-d tin- ,; were being followed 1 me police. When escape secn.cn impossible, Joe slipped the jewels he had stolen into her pocket, and asked ‘-he girl 10 wail on the road for him. The police easily captured Ann, and started in pursuit of Joe. Her grief and tear ul the pol.ee station turn to relief when Joe is led in. Ann is sonic need to ihe, penitentiary along with him. The second part of her hineymoon trip is m company with a police matron, bound for a. neighbor.ng prison. Across the aisle from her is Dorothy Brooks, who tells her ..of her mvn marriage to a wealthy n an and the if subsequent quarrels. She is to visit her mother-in-law to effect a re••onration, and shows Ann the letter inviDng her. As they talk, there is a terrific crash and then chaos. The train lias collided with another, and both have been wrecked. Pandemonium reign-s. In the semi-dark-ness, Ann is rescued, still holding rho letter in her hand. .Joe manages to get free, but Ann, believed to be Doiotliy Brooks, is sent to the home of Robert’s mother. What follows makes this one of the most thrilling and delightful of screen entertainments.