PARAMOUNT THEATRE

New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12596, 5 November 1926, Page 3

PARAMOUNT THEATRE

“JUST SUPPOSE.” “Just Suppose,” Richard Barthelmess’s latest starring vehicle, commencing at the Paramount Theatre today, is based upon a stage play of the same name by A. E. Thomas, the eminent English, playwright. It scored a great hit on Broadway in 1920 with Patricia Collinge and Geoffrey Kerr. In adapting the play to the screen many changes were made. The Prince in the picture was made the second son instead of the heir apparent, and the story was made to open and close in a foreign land a mythical kingdom of Koronia. This necessitated the actual filming of a number of the scenes in the neighbourhood of Salzburg, in the western part of AusIfc all happens in the mythical kingdom of Koronia, a dominion of pomp, ceremony, grandees—and love. It is “Just Suppose”—two of the happiest words in the English language.

Barthelmess, who in many ways in the picture resembles the Prince of Wales, woos a young American girl. But the death of an elder brother suddenly places him in direct line of Tegaj, inheritance, and his country supersedes liis love. However, though Cupid seems routed and love is apparently sacrificed for the throne, all is rearranged at the end. and the sun shines smilingly on a happy Prince and a happy Princess. It is all like a beautiful fairy tale—and yet nothing like it at all. The supporting pictures include an English Gazette, scenic, Felix Cartoon, and a Pathe Review, while the Paramount Orchestra will render a delightful score of incidental music.