KING’S THEATRE

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13640, 26 August 1937, Page 5

KING’S THEATRE

NOW SHOWING—“THE THREE MAXIMS.” A circus has come to town—a circus teeming with all the thrills of tlie great sawdust ling—a circus under whose big top is enacted one of the most sensational climaxes ever presented on the screen. Imagine the scene--sixty, seventy, eighty feet up in the air. “The Three Maxims” are in the midst of their daredevil trapeze act, while a breathless audience watch fascinated their eveiy move. Little do they know that up there, before their very eyes, one man is fighting the greatest battle of his : ife—with jealousy. Jealousy against his partner—his friend, the l man whom be believes has stolen from him the love of the girl—the third of the trio. Revenge seems so easy—soon they are to perform the “fixing angel”—mistakes often happen—a mis-timed catch and his rival would be hurled to his death in the ring below*. An evil laugh escapes his drawn lips as be swings to meet the other’s clutching hands—with clenched fists A woman’s scream pierces his revenge-crazed brain—and he looks up—the girl lias fainted on the trapeze and lier slim bodv lies helplessly across that, thin steel bar— feet above the ground. Brought to vou by three great stars. Anna Neagle, the lovable Irish girl member of the Maxim’s trio, Tullio Carininati. and Leslie Banks. “The Three Maxims,” Herbert Wilcox’s super production, will be piosrnted lor your entertainment at the King's Theatre to-niglit. The earlv sequences «-t the film, when the Maxims an a struggling small-time act, reveal the charming companionship of the three members—a. companionship which Is later shattered hv feelings of lev. and jealousy, when, oil the eve of the success they had all so long and eagerly awaited, realisation conics to the two men that Bat. their Pat. is no longer a g rl. but a beautiful woman —a woman to bo loved.