PALACE THEATRE.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10741, 12 November 1928, Page 6

PALACE THEATRE.

"LAST DAYS OF POMPEII” AND "WARMING UP.”

A screen classic and a good sporting picture will be’ the special features to be screened at ■ the Palace to-night. Lord Lytto'n, famous novelist of a generation past, whose books have become classics, wrote one. novel which has lived where the others have only been remembered by students. There is hardly one person who has not heard of his.'famous novel, “The Last Davp of Pompeii.” Producers of pictures have always recogpised the greatness of the theme and the masterlv story, but because ,of the .novel hinging on an eruption,, they have not felt ablo to do justice to it. But with Vesuvius showing fresh activity an opportunity afforded itself. A company took many scenes of the mountain in eruption at. gjreat .risk of life, and woye them into the; film that -th’ -? wore making ,from the-famous novel. Thus it is tlmf, when this picture is screened, one will see ithe most realistic eruption scene ever made, in addition to authentic -reproduction of life of tile times when the story was laid. Tho romance, the doves, the thrills and pleasures of the peonle in that- unfortunate citv live .again. The great love of a blind: girl, immortalised, by Lvtton,: is seen finding its,-greatest sacrifice \in the davs of stress of the : eruption. "Warming Uo’.’- is the greatest sporting: picture Richard Dix has ever anpeared in. The- storv is a thrilling, baseball ro-i mance. Dix, as 'Bert Tuillines, crashes finto the .park when, a game of. baseball -is in: progress in time to see: a- shadv contract-fulfilled.’ He m thrown out rtf the pack*.- Later lm secures: a job. as demonstrator and is told, to report for practice. In the meantime lie. has made the acquaintance of the daughter. :of the owner of tho: park,* and becomes‘ interested in '.her. but is. under the irn--pression that’ she is governestt }nt heij own ; home: From then on the takes an exceeding!v -thriMihor- twist.