ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 79, 2 March 1929, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

THEATRE DE LUXE. EMIL JANNINGS IN “THE STREET OF SIN.” Emil Janning3 created his own characterisation in his new Paramount starring picure, “The Street of Sin” which opened at .the Thoarto De Luxe to-day. Ho originatoil the idea for the story which was then dovolopod into literary and pictorial form. It is a drama {.of East Limehouso, London’s rapidly disappearing slum, and concerns tho regeneration oi a giant ruffian, “Sledgehammer Bill,” who rules tho ugly district with his fists. _ A Salvation Army lass comes into tho neighbourhood, Booking in hor pity and piety to win back tho .souls of the slums. Sho is tho instrument of Bill’s roform, but only after A tragio climax. Tn this production Jannings is supported by a notable cast which is headed by Fay Wray.. Sotting and technical work were regarded with the highest importance in the production of “Tho Street of Sin.” The background of the London slums was executed at Paramount’s Studio by Hans Dreior, a noted artist. Tho technical fidelity of the picturo is largely credited to Bertram Johns, a friend ot Thomas Burke who wroto the famous Limehouse stories. Johns knows every inch of Limehouse. “Tho Street of Sin” is a succossor to Emil Janning’s great picture, “The Way of all Flesh,” and is declared by many to bo more powerful in theme and characterisation. Among the other pictures on the programme, special mention must be made of the third episode of the popular “New Greater Collegians,” which is entitled “Kicking Through.” Attractive music will be played by tho Premier Quintette. Seats cat. be reserved at Berryman’s or ’phono tho theatre, 5060.

KOSY THEATRE. "HONEYMOON FLATS” AND “SOMEHOW GOOD.” An exceptionally’ fine programme js to be screened at the Kosy Theatre to-night. It is headed by George Lewis and Lorothy Gulliver in “Honeymoon Flats.” Theso two artists are well-known to picture-goers, both having starred in “Tho Collegians,” so they can bo relied upon to a good display in their latest feature. Tho story unwinds about the young Claytons, the girl a daughter of wealthy parents and the boy a struggling young college graduate who insists tnat ho support his wile on his own salary despite his mother-in-law’s patronising attitude. It also concerns a triend who is married, bdth he and his wife having their private love affairs. Theso are worked into the story neatly. Also showing is Fay Compton and Stuart Romo in a most appealing appealing story entitled “Somehow Good.” Tho drama concerns a young wife who under tragio circumstances becomes separated from her husband. Eighteen years later, in tho the moment when he lias lost his memory as a result of an accident, lie is restorod to his wife and falls in love with her. The past differences between tho man and wife are forgotten and they continue to live in happiness which was so rudoly terminated some years previously This .is a programme that the management can highly recommend, so that patrons are advised to bo early, <

, PALACE THEATRE. “A WOMAN IN PAWN.” “A Woman in Pawn,” adapted from one of Captain Frank Staytons plays—“ln Pawn” —which was produced at the Criterion Theatre, London, is yet another stage drama to find its way to the screen because of its suitability for film presentation. The play is somewhat melodramatically treated on the screen, but it remains essentially a drama in which the characters dominate the strong and intriguing situations. This combination of treatment ensures that “A Woman in Pawn” carries an irresistible appeal for students of humanity and these who are entertained by the interplay of circumstance and plot. This feature will be presented at the Palace tonight and Monday. JOHN GILBERT IN “THE COSSACKS.”

Coming to the Palace, commencing on Tuesday next, John Gilbert, supported by Renee Adoree, will bo seen .in Count Tolstoi’s famous work, “The Cossacks.” This is a stupendous drama, huge in its great settings—a complete town was built as a locale for the play—huge in its great drama of the love of a father and son, and through it runs the central theme, tho sweet love story of a boy and a girl. Incidentally, Renee Adoree is the girl—Gilbert’s sweetheart of “Tho Big Parade,” and just as in this play the surge and thunder of battle, the thrills and the sensations are all a frame or setting for the delicate, romance that the audience follows throughout. Ernest Torrence and Nils Asther also have important roles in the brilliant cast, while Alary Alden, Dale Fuller, Paul Hurst and NCil Neely have been excellently cast.