QUEEN’S THEATRE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12470, 11 June 1926, Page 3

QUEEN’S THEATRE

“THE PALACE OF PLEASURE* A notable production is now showing at th© popular Queen's Theatre, entitled “The Palace of Pleasure.’* Ih it Betty Compson does the outstanding performance of her entire career, Edmund Lowe finds his most satisfactory vehicle, and Emmett Flynn accomplishes the best piece of direction with which his name has ever been associated. Think over this trio's record of past achievements and you will realise that this statement is indeed high praise. The film is adapted from the stage romance, “Lola Montez, and is an adventure romance told against picturesque and lovely settings of old Portugal during a vital period in its political hie. In Lola Montez the spectator sees the dancer whose beauty left a trail of broken hearts—her suitors comprising political leaders and common soldiers m that ago when Lisbon was the site of uprisings and revolutions. The story is devoted to the actress's intrigue with an outlawed royalist and the jealousy of th© Premier of Portugal, who 6Wore that his rival would never possess the girl whom he himself desired. Here, then, is th© basis of this exciting romance that will attract crowds to the Queen’s Theatre. It is told with a realism that makes the story live and furnishes a 6cric« of thrills that is without parallel among the screen releases of recent months. Excellent supporting and music programmes are additional features.