AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16797, 9 November 1928, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THE PALACE What picturegoer cart forget the soulstirring performances of John (filbert and Greta Garbo in “Flesh and the Devil?” Now this fascinating pair are finally appearing to-night at the Palace in “Anna Karenina,” certainly the greatest and most dramatic story that Metro-Gohlwyn-Mayor has ever brought to the screen. Based on Count Leo Tolstoi's classic, the new picture will hold one with its fervor, arid beauty. Laid amid all the grandeur of Russia before the revolution, .it tells the romance of a woman prepared to sacrifice everythingoven life itself—for love.

It is not often that a picture dealing with a past age is presented, but that, will occur to-morrow at both screenings, when “The Last Days of Pompeii” will be screened. The picture is based on Lord Lytton’s famous novel. His great tale of that, unfortunate city is faithfully revealed in the Italian-made. Paramount picture. This story of romance, love, and life in the ancient Imperial city of Pompeii is absorbing from many angles. One is transplanted from the haste and bustle of to-day, with tlie many almost incredible inventions, to the stately grandeur of the days when Li is city was at a pinnacle of fame. Here we see the sports of other days .-—the swimming, the. games, the gladiatorial combat ill the arena, and the holiday sport of feeding humans to the lions. But this is only the background for one of the most powerful dramas that have reached the screen- The rpmaltce of the poor, blind flower girl for the man who had shown her kimlnesk, is graphically told: her love for him, and her denial and sacrifice when she knew that he loved another, and was loved in turn, •grip at the heart: how the world of intrigue of the ancient, city, woven about the romance of these three figures, comes to a climax with the destruction Of ihe city by the, eruption of Vesuvius. J’lie second feature is Richard Dix in

"Warming Up.” A baseball jinx and aromance in a kitchen is tlie theme of “Warming Up.”

MAJESTIC THEATRE

■‘Flying Romeos/’ an uproarious comedy of two budding aviators and their merry experiences in the air, starring Charlie Murray and George Sidney, will be shown at the .Majestic Theatre tonight for the last time. The .supporting east giVrs valuable assistance in keeping the comedy going. The supports include an English Gazette and a very pretty travel scenic, showing European winter sports. To-morrow, both at the matinee and night screenings, will he presented a double-feature programme—Ken Maynard in “The Code of tho Scarlet,’’ a stirring story of the Canadian NorthWest Mounteds, and “The Little Adventuress.” featuring Vera Reynolds. The special attractions will have excellent supports. Said to be one of the. most captivating picture comedies df the year, “The Little Adventuress” was directpcl by William do Mille, a brother of Cecil B. do Mille. Vera Reynolds' plays the title role in this amusing story of a spatting married couple and the unusual events , which transpire during a week-end in the rural retreat of a . wealthy bachelor. In the role of a charming artist, who, under tlm romantic spell of love-at-tirst-sight, elopes with a married man, Miss Reynolds is said to have a delineation ideally suited to her piquant personality. Victor Vareoni, who scored so convincingly in “The Volga Boatman,” is the male lead in support of Miss Reynolds, his role being that of a bachelor, happy in his bachelorhood, .Phyllis Haver is seen as ihe spatting wife, of Robert Obcr, who plays the husband who spats hack! While “Code of the Scarlet” is a typical north-west police story,-with all the 1 brills and dramatic situations, the plot is said to have a new and novel treatment. It provides Ken Maynard with ■ plenty of opportunity to display his daring horseback riding, and for Tarzan, the horse, to show some new tricks which Ken has taught him. All in all, “Code ’of the Scarlet,” lias almost everything in the way of screen on--I'ortainmont. A most' beautiful background is provided by the gorgeous scenic effects, ..... _