TOWN HALL TALKIES

Manawatu Herald, Volume LII, Issue 4795, 13 August 1932, Page 3

TOWN HALL TALKIES

“WATERLOO BRIDGE.” “Waterloo Bridge,” Universal’s much-discussed picturisation of the sensational Robert E. Sherwood drama of the same name, will make its debut upon the Town Hall screen this evening, with Hollywood’s latest “find,” Mae Clarke; Kent Douglass; Enid Bennett and Doris Lloyd in the principal roles. Directed bv .Tames Whale, who filmed “Journey’s End,” and photographed by Arthur Edeson, the capable cinematographer of “All Quiet on the Western Front,”’ the Britishflavoured picture of air raids and the love of a London lady of the streets for a young Canadian private, is reported as one of the dramatic gems of the picture capital’s current crop. The Sherwood story depicts the ill luck of a pretty chorus girl who descends, as the war progresses, to a cheap artist’s model and eventually to a solicitor. A boyish soldier literally runs into her during the course of an air raid, on London’s well-known Waterloo Bridge, and eventually falls madly in love with her. The ensuing situations in which the girl grows to love the boy and the intense scenes in which he takes her to visit, his aristocratic parents are said to be the ultimate in drama. Frederick Kerr, well-known British actor; Bette Davis; Ethel Griffies„ George Arliss’ talented leading lady of many successes; and Rita Carlisle appear with the sensational Miss Clarke, Douglass and the Misses Bennett and Lloyd in the picture’s east. An additional attraction in the four-reel special comedy “First to Fight,” featuring Slim Summerville, will be screened also with the latest News.