KINGS PICTURES.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10450, 22 January 1927, Page 5

KINGS PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT’S PROGRAAIME Have you ever m a moment of terrible crisis done something you were afterwards ashamed of? Something that from then on haunted you and changed your whole life? Have you ever had the glorious feeling of wining this tiling forever off the islate by a deed so heroic that it make the whole world gasp? “Lord Jim” did, and that’s tlie theme of the Paramount screen version of the classic of the sea by that name by Joseph Conrad, which will be the feature at the King’s Theatre this evening. The story concerns the courage of Percy Alarmout, who plays the title role. A ship is sinking. Alarmout, as second mate, has a choice of two things—to save himself or to obey the traditional ruling of the sea : “Passengers first.” Seized with cowardice, lie decides on the former. His failure -to stand unflinchingly by the “code” causes him tlie torture of soul which only men of honour ecu endure. He flees to a tropical island, and on it he walks into romance, certain danger, and almost certain death. How, in thrill after thrill, he redeems himself and eventually becomes ruler of the island, how he falls in love and sacrifices himself for this lore, builds up the production to one of the most gorgeous moments of the screen. Comedy, gazettes and reviews complete a first-class programme.