King’s Theatre

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 149, 25 June 1937, Page 2

King’s Theatre

SATURDAY AND MONDAY. Motion picture fans who breathlessly followed Ronald Colman in "Beau Geste" and who adored Claudette Colbert in "It Happened One Night,” have a great new treat in store for them in * ‘ Under Two Flags.” It is the picture which brings these two titans of tho screen together in roles that surpass even the most magnificent of their past triumphs. Produced under the direct supervision of Darryl F. Zanuck, this drama of surging power, tumultuous love and searing conflict set in tho Sahara comes on Saturday and Monday to the King’s Theatre. Miss Colbert plays the role of "Cigarette” in this adaptation of Ouida’s immortal story of the French Foreign Legion. A lovely flirt, she toys with tho affections of Victor MeLaglen, Legionnaire major, until she meets Colman, a member of tho ranks. Then she impulsively loses her heart to him. Tho drama gains in power and intensity with the appearance of Rosalind Russell, fragile English beauty. Before he is sent out to the desert to help stem an Arab revolt, Colman has declared his love for her. Hemmed in by hostile forces, McLaglen vengetully attempts to destroy Colman, wbom he believes stands between himself and I Miss Colbert. But Colman saves his I force by a daring ruse, and a magnificent charge of the Legion, led by Miss Colbert, results in the defeat of the I Arab forces. Tho magnificent supporting cast of forty character stars, includes such prominent players .s Gregory Ratoff, Nigel Bruce, C. Henry Gordon and J. Edward Bromberg. Frank LlOyd directed this unusual spectacle with its thousands of extras and its sweeping and magnificent natural backgrounds.