DE LUXE THEATRE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 5 December 1929, Page 8

DE LUXE THEATRE.

TWO SUPER FEATURES TO-NIGHT

"The Red Dance" is a big special feature in itself, the ten reels being full of intense dramatic situations and love interest. Big Ivan Sinbw was specially engaged to support the featured players and his first hand knowledge of affairs in his native country, Russia, contributed in no small degree to the success of the picture.

The story of "The Red Dance" deals with the disturbed conditions existing in Russia prior to the revolution. Ta&ia, a peasant girl, is sold to the gigantic Bolshevik leader, Ivan Petroff, for u horse, but the very' soul of the girl cries out against this outrage and her mind Becomes obsessed with a spirit of revenge. How this spirit is played upon and how she becomes a pawn in the great revolutionary movement, makes one of the greatest screen stories yet produced. Tasia’s great love for a Russian prince whom Petroff has set out to destroy eventually finds a responding chord in the rough .nature of the great Bolshevik and his good nature demonstrates itself when he assists the lovers to escape. Dolores del Rio and Charles Farrell arc the featured players.

“THE SAWDUST PARADISE.” Something new in motion pictures — a street carnival with its scores of shilling catching sideshows and concessions—forms the background for the romance of “The Sawdust Paradise,” Esther Ralston’s new Paramount picture. Mrnths before this picture went into production at the Paramount studio in Hollywood, a search was launched to find a carnival that could be moved to the studio and used there for several weeks. Far greater difficulty developed than had been anticipated. It was discovered that itinerant carnival shows are fast disappearing from the United States. However, a show was found and moved to Hollywood for the express purpose of forming the', background of “The Sawdust Paradise.lt includes a merry-go-round, ball throwing games, hot dog and lemonade stands, ring tosiing games, the diving girls, the fa* lad/ and the human skeleton and all the other features.

The prices of admission are 2/-, 1/6 and 1/-, and the box plan is at Stannard’s.