KING’S THEATRE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12391, 10 March 1926, Page 9

KING’S THEATRE

“THE WINDING STAIR.” With an excellent cast headed by Alma Rulbens and Edmund Lowe, “The Winding Stair,” the William Fox production at the King’s Theatre is voted to he one of, the best seen there for a long time. The story is that.of an officer of the French Foreign Legion who forgets his duty in his love for the beautiful American dancing girl who has become. Btranded in a strange land. He rescues her from an underworld oafe | wheie she has been forced to take a ! position. The girl tries to make him j understand that duty comes before S lav©, but he is urta;ble to see this uni til disgrace comes upon him. His fight j for redemption leads him _ into some i harrowing adventures but, in the end, | his valor in the World "War restores his I honour and self-respect. . The battle I scenes are unusually realistic and excitj ing and seldom has a photoplay director followed a story so faithfully as did John Griffith Wray in adapting “The , Winding Stair” to the films. There is also a gazette, a comedy' (0. Henry), and an interest film. A specially selected musical Bcore of incidental music is played, and, as an entr’acte, Mr W. Haydock (late pupil of Hr Adolph Brodsky,' principal of the i loyal College of Music) rendered a violin solo, “Czordas,” which is most popular.