AVIATION DRAMA.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20222, 5 February 1934, Page 3

AVIATION DRAMA.

Many Talented Players in “Night Flight.”

Thrills, comedy, pathos and romance are deftly combined in " Night Flight," the great aviation drama, enacted by talented players, which started at the Majestic Theatre to-day. John and Lionel Barrymore, Helen Hayes, Clarke Uable, Robert Montgomery and William Gargan head the imposing cast of this thrilling production. The story is a powerful drama depicting the flying of the mail by night in South America, it was directed by a man who holds a transport pilot’s license, Clarence Brown, and is from the pen of Antoine de Sain-Bxupery, a pilot on the very f. 1 ”® , wtites about. It is said that Night b light is the only truly accur. ate, authentic and human aeroplane story so far written. The principal characters are John Barrymore stern driving manager of the air line; Clark Cable, pilot of the storm-caught plane from Buntas Arenas; Robert Montgomery, pilot of a plane crossing towering mountains; Helen Hayes, tear-ridden wife of Gable; Lionel Barrymore the lumbering inspector of aeroplanes; and Myrna Loy, wife of William Gargan the pilot of the plane to Brazil. It is around these players that a highly dramatic plot centres. There is a terrifle drama in the airport office, for example, during the minutes when the two Barrymores, Helen Hayes and attaches are listening intently for the faint messages of Gables piane, off course, lost, and with only a few minutes of gasoline left! The supports include “ Asleep in the I eet, ’ a Zazu Pitts-Thelma Todd comedy. Box plans at The Bristol.