A GREAT PICTURE.

Pahiatua Herald, 29 September 1936, Page 5

A GREAT PICTURE.

LIONEL ATWILL STARRED,

! From time to time the screen has I given us many powerful dramas, and the Monogram production, “Beggars lin Ermine,” which shows at the King’s Theatre to-night, will take its place side by side with these. Adapted from the well-known novel by Esther Lynd Bay, it tells the story of a great man and his struggle against the cupidity and unscrupulousness of a trusted friend, Jack Dawson, or “Flint,” as | he was nicknamed, had built up a powerful steel organisation, only to have it taken off him by James Marley, one of his allegedly “loyal” employees. But this is not all, he is crippled at the same time, and deprived of his wife and daughter. And so the powerful steel magnate is reduced by the infamy of one man to the station of a penniless, lame beggar. But the wonderful spirit of the man ho could not destroy nor his remarkable brain power. Dawson immediately set to work to organise his fellow-beggars with a view eventually to receiving his stolen property. He quickly becomes the acknowledged head of the association, which, with the combined savings of the members, becomes a powerful one. By investing these funds judiciously he makes a fortune both for. himself and for the other beggars. This is liis big chance, and share by share he buys back his holdings in the business, until at last be has again attained control. Thus arrives the hour that he had schemed and worked for for years. It’s one of the greatest dramatic moments since the inception of I talkies. The “beggar’s” happiness is complete with his reunion with his daughter, whom he has secretly car- 1 ed for over the years he has spent as a beggar. This powerfully gripping drama is brilliantly enacted by a splendid I cast, headed by Lionel Atwill, ac- I knowledged one of Hollywood’s greatest character actors. Most of the famous movie critics of the world agree that this is his greatest role. The cast also includes Henry B. Walthall, Betty Furness and James Bush.

“Beggars in Ermine” was adapted from the novel by Esther Lynd Day. When it comes to the King's Theatre to-night yen should mark it down as one not to' be missed.