KING’S THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12537, 26 April 1935, Page 6

KING’S THEATRE

LAST DAY: “ONE NIGHT OF

LOVE”

“One uSKight of Love”, Grace Moore’s brilliant starring vehicle, concludes its season .at the King’s Theatre to-day. At least four sessions daily during .the past week has not proved sufficient to deal with the enthusiastic patronage for this fine picture and those who have not already seen it should not miss the opportunity to-day or tonight. There will bo many there who are seeing it for the •coond, or third time. “JEW SUSS” TO-MORROW “Jew Suss” one of the most outstanding films yet produced, opens a season at the King’s Theatre tomorrow. It is adopted from the famous historical novel of that name an<d there have been probably fewhistorical novels of such remarkable erudition and artistry as this tale of Joseph Suss Oppenheimer, who during the reign of th eighteenth century despot, Karl Alexander, of Wurtemberg, won for -himself remarkable glories by his astute brain and intrigues. During the entire period of his public life the Jew Joseph Suss was surrounded by enemies, hub it was not until the death of his beloved daughter Naemi and the later treacheries of the Duke Karl that he relaxed his stranglehold on. the State of Wurtemberg. being imprisoned and finally executed. The tale in a saga of Jewish shrewdness, brilliance, and success, all the more poignant and dramatic because Oppenheimer was not actually a Jew. To the end he chose to hold to his .faith, though the very fact that he did so earned him the undying hate and contempt of people whom, he ground beneath the heel of his power. Conrad Voidt, who will always be remembered for bis characterisations in ‘‘l. Was a Spy”, and “The Wandering Jew”, to mention but two of his outstanding successes, has excelled himself in this picture. He infuses the pari of Oppenheimer with a d r arnatic strength that leaves his impersonation a memory to be valued by those who appreciate stagecraft. It is a brilliant film and brilliantly acted. Of a large a competent cast the outstanding players are Miss Renita Hume, as Marie Augurite, wife of the Duke Karl (played by Frank Vesper), Sir Cedric 'Hnrdwicke, as the Jewish mystic Rabbi Gabriel, and Sir Gerald du Maurier, as Weissensee. There are many other actors and actresses worthy of mention in this fine British production.