“ BEAU GESTE ” SEASON NOW EXTENDED.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18144, 2 May 1927, Page 5

“ BEAU GESTE ” SEASON NOW EXTENDED.

EPIC FILM BEING SHOWN AT GRAND. • It was to be foreseen that “Beau Geste,” which drew enormous houses To the Grand Theatre all last week, would be so great a success that an extension of the season would be considered, and this picture will be continued at the theatre this week. The first thing to impress upon the pioture-goihg public is the wonderfully clear and obvious “difference” of the picture, different in story, in plot, in handling, everything about the drama being woven together by a master hand, end everything resulting in a profoundly moving and rioble story of brother Jove and sacrifice.' “ Beau Geste ” is based on the theme, " greater love hath no man,” surely the finest foundation for any drama, and the play is characterised by a simple, dignified greatness, which has been clearly brought forth by Herbert Brenon, the director, on to the screen. The story is so well known that it requires no enlarging upon here. The love of the three Geste brothers for one another has become one of the classic instances of literature. The tale is myssombrely tragic, and is flecked with the humour, the somewhat incongruous humour, of two lantern-jawed Americans in the Foreign Legion. This comedy relief, besides lessening the suspense of the action, goes far in throwing into bold relief the dramatic nature of the picture. “Beau Geste” is a story of the French Foreign Legion, and is therefore thrilling to a degree. There is a vast amount of brutality, and ruthlessness in that famous regiment; it hides so many dead hearts under an exterior of the model soldier; and there is mystery, too, the mystery of the eternal question, “Why did he come out here?” “Beau Geste” is all this and more, a wonderful story made into a still more wonderful picture. The cast is headed by Ronald Colman in the title role, with Neil Hamilton and Ralph Forbes playing L>igby and John. Noah Beery is faultless as Sergeant Lejaunne, a martinet, but a passionate lover of his France, while Alice Joyce and Mary Brian are ihe feminine leads in the cast. During the season the Grand Quality Orchestra will play a special score. The box plans are open at The Bristol Piano Company, where patrons are advised to book their