“THE GREEN GODDESS.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 145, 20 June 1931, Page 27 (Supplement)

“THE GREEN GODDESS.”

The Call of the Flesh” will be screened at Everybody’s Theatre for the last time to-night. There is an almost unknown corner of North-eastern India, skirting the impassable Himalaya mountains, where a strange goddess, known as Kali, is worshipped. It is this tiny and almost forgotten country and this weird religion that is the basis for the dramatic st °ry of “ The Green Goddess," which will be presented at Evervbody*s on Monday, with George Arliss in the leading role. Arliss is a past master of polished and heartless roles, and in “ The Green Goddess ” he portrays forcefully all the delicious devilry of the suave Indian Rajah who baited his guests with taunts of torture and death while entertaining them with all the lavish hospitality of the East Indian potentate.

Assisting Arliss is a notable cast, including Alice Joyce, H. B. Warner and Ralph Forbes.

Writing of the performance of Arliss, the New York “Herald Tribune” says: “ Arliss as the vengeful Oriental potentate with the Oxford accent can be evil in a gentlemanly way and cold-blood-edly cruel in the most patrician manner imaginable, and he can do it all with gusto, ease and a smart attention to significant detail. His Raj'ah Is a colourful and striking romantic portrait played with such brilliance that it becomes a thing of real delight.” Box plans are at The Bristol.