"DYNAMITE."
NOW AT THE KING'S. r ; Cecil B. De Mille's "Dynamite," Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's picture, playing at the King's Theatre, is'a distinct departure from the type of vehicle lie has been making for the past three years, as represented t>y *'The| Tf?n Commandments," "The -King of Kings," and "The Godless Girl." These were stories with a religious background.-" Dynamite" is of the type of "Manslaughter," and > "Male and Fjemale," abounds in up to the second situations, and the' gowns, sets and general; investiture wjbich have become a byword in De \ Mille productions of this type. The ma'm protagonists are a coal miner, condemned to hang in the first part of the story; \ & young lady whose fortune depends i*n *her success at marriage; her fiancee, Jtoger—and Roger's wife! With these ingredients De Mille has concocted a story which • p-csents scenes high up in the tower of i% New York skyscraper, on the lawn of a country club, in the luxurious home of the feminine . lead, in the boudoir of that lady, and deep down in the mine, when a sensational" cave-m occurs. , •
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Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 17929, 3 July 1930, Page 4
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179"DYNAMITE." Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 17929, 3 July 1930, Page 4
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