STATE THEATRE

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXI, Issue 4960, 25 February 1937, Page 4

STATE THEATRE

GEORGE ARLISS IN NEW ROLE.

To-night and Friday night George Arliss will be seen in a new role as the Rajah in “East Meets West,” a vivid di*ama set in Oriental splendour. George Arliss appears as the Rajah of a tiny kingdom known as Renang which, by virtue of its geographical position, is) coveted by Great Britain for harbourage purposes. A powerful Eastern country also makes a bid for the Sultan’s friendship, and the wily potentate “plays” them both until he has extracted a million pounds from each. Woven into the main plot structure is the saga of a hard-drinking British Customs officer, whose pretty wife has an affair with the Sultan’s Oxford-educated son, Nezim. The situation is provocative of suspense at the climax, when the white man is on the point of being hanged for rum-running, only to be saved at the cost of the English treaty with the Sultan.

THE EMPRESS.

The double-feature programme .at the Empress on Friday and Saturday evenings comprises a story of the Wild West and one of sensational drama in the South Seas. Buck Jones takes the lead in “Fighting Ranger," a picture alive with wild shooting and riding. The “Isle of Fury" is a story of wild adventure and flaming love among the pearl divers of the Pacific. There is an exciting and realistic fight with an octopus in this picture.