TOWN HALL PICTURES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXVI, Issue 2609, 13 April 1926, Page 5

TOWN HALL PICTURES

“IN THE PALACE OF THE KING' ’ ; TO-MORROW NIGHT. A spectacular and interesting film is Goldwyn’s Emmett Flynn production of F. Marion Crawford’s novel, “In the Palace of the King.” It wili.be seen in the Town Hall to-morrow night with one of the most notable casts of the season. Blanche Sweet and Ed'mund Lowe play the two lovers. Sam de Grasse, Hobart Bosworth, Ailecn Pringle, Pauline Starke, Ena Gregory, .William Y. Mong, Lueien Littlefield, Charles Clary and many other have important roles. • The story of Crawford’s novel is well known; it has been read by hundreds of thousands and seen in play form bv countless others. King Philip 11. of Spain opposes the marriage of his brother, Don John, of. Dolores, daughter of one of his generals. He sends Don John to suppress ,an uprising among the Moors, hoping his brother will never return for he is jealous of his popularity. The King has decreed that Don John shall marry an English Princess. His brother returns victorious and Is stabbed by the King in a jealous quarrel. Dolores’ father assumes the guilt and, to save his life, Dolores, who had been hidden in her 7 \ * lover’s rooms, confronts the King and threatens him into pardoning her father. Don John recovers and the King •consents to his marriage to Dolores.