‘THE PAINTED ANGEL"

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1075, 12 September 1930, Page 15

‘THE PAINTED ANGEL"

BILLIE DOVE AS NIGHT CLUB QUEEN MAJESTIC’S NEW FILM It is a play with music, one chock-full of action, comedy and of that gay night-life atmosphere which forms its setting. Such is ‘‘The Painted Angel,*' now showing at the Majestic Theatre, and which features a band of prominent and popular artists, including the charming Billie Dove, and Edmund Lowe. It is a picture of romance and one of thrills. There are many colourful scenes, j One is the cowboy cabaret, where all i aro costumed in wild west fashion. It j is a colourful story of the Great White ] Way, and one sees Billie Dove as the night club hostess. As such she sings and dances for the first time in her screen career. Edmund Lowe, hero of j many a screen role, portrays one of the most vivid characters as the lead- ! ing man. The story is a lively, fascinating j one. Mamie Hudler (Billie Dove) is an entertainer in a cafe, but. as a result of a fight over her between two men, sho leaves town to proceed to Havana, where another light took place-and she : considered it advisable to move on to San Francisco. There, however, she ; had more thrills, for when she refused j to marry an oil man named Oldfield , (George MacFarlane), he tried to kill ; her. Brood (Edmund Lowe), her viol- j inist. leaped in front of her and took ! the bullet in his arm. As a result of j the injury Brood could no longer play j his violin. Mamie Hudler then changes her j name to Rodeo West, and proceeds to i New York, where she becomes the | queen of the night clubs. Brood is her j manager, and he protects her from her ! family, all of whom are gentle grafters, j There are- many bright scenes in the j night club, including the activities of ! a group of dancing girls, all of whom j live under the strict guardianship of Rodeo. All was going well with the night club until one night Oldl'ield arrives on the scene. He has struck oil and is worth millions. Brood goes for his gun, but Rodeo has him put it back. '-She gives way to Oldfield and from then on there are quite tense and un- | expected moments. Brood becomes a j little “fed-up” with the proceedings, packs his bag and prepares to leave, but his intentions are quickly upset. The real finish of the story is'in itself worth seeing. The supporting programme is a most interesting one. Included in the various items shown by the Universal News is a most unusual scene of a. blaze on the surface of the ocean, caused by the sinking of an oil-tanker. Then there aro some interesting views of the late Sir Henry Segrave and his • high-powered motor-boat, Miss Eng- ■ land 11. , There is also a bright comedy, a most ) original farce. Clark and McCullough ; are the two fun-makers, and they are j seen as two detectives in a mystery drama. In “The Undersea Revue” is j some excellent dancing and singing. ; The sinking of the Tahiti, a film proj duced by Messrs. R. Matthews and H. j MacQuarrie, is showing for another ! week, and was given much attention ! last evening by the large audience present.