THE PICTURE HOUSES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 215, 25 August 1927, Page 9

THE PICTURE HOUSES

COSY DE LUXE. Spain—the Spain of to-day—and Slander—the gerat enemy of to-day, are the locale and motivating menace of the most sensational drama the screen has seen for some time, “Lovers?” now showing at the Cosy Theatre. The new Metro-Goldwyii-Mayer picture is a gripping romance of love and the peril of scandal, and has been filmed on a lavish scale as a starring vehicle for Ramon Novarro, with Alice Terry featured, at the head of a splendid case. It is a play unique in that it has no conventional villain. His place is taken by the invisible tongues of scandal, which blight lives, wreck souls, and cast three innocent people into a malestrom of poisonous lies. The denouement is one of the most remarkable pieces of sheer drama ever brought to the screen. Modern Spain is the locale of the story—a Spain as modern as any other city in Europe to-day. Ramon Novarro is seen as a young playwright. thrown into a sensational scandal with the wife of his best friend—although both are absolutely innocent. «This situation is developed with rare knowledge of dramatic values from one climax to another. The cast, under the direction of John M. Stahl, is one of special interest, and includes Edward Martindel, Edward Connelly, George K. Arthur, Lillian Leighton, John Miljan, Roy D’Arcy and many other favourites.