KING’S THEATRE

New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12252, 25 September 1925, Page 9

KING’S THEATRE

“A SAINTED DEVIL.’* Many thought Rudolph Valentino had about reached the heights in screen entertainment when lie chose Booth Tarkington’s “Monsieur Beaucaire/* as his “comeback” vehicle for Paramount, after an absence of two yetnc*. But “the sheik” has fairly outshone himself in “A Sainted Devil/' his latest production, which opens at tiie King’s Theatre to-day. It’s a Joseph lienabery production, an adaptation by Forrest Halsey of the magazine story, “Rope’s End,” by Rex Beach. “A Sainted Devil” has to with "South America and South Americans—pictorially beautiful story of old Spanish customs against modern city life. It shows the virilitv of the Pampas against the sophisticated culture of Beunos Aires, the Paris of the Americans Valentino has a role that fits him to perfection. As a dashing young American, fired by the pure Castilliane. blood of generations which courses through his veins, he makes a picture never to be forgotten. “Beaucaire” was just about the last word in lavish productions—gorgeous settings, superb portrayals, etc. “A Sainted Devil” proves that there’s always something new under the sun. Here’s the “great over” in the kind of a role the public likes to see him in—first as a young planter of wealthy parents, then a regular holy-terror, brooding over the loss of his lovely wife who was abducted on their wedding day. The box plans are now open at the Bristol Piano Company, or ring the theatre, 22-212.