TOWN HALL TALKIES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3272, 27 February 1937, Page 4

TOWN HALL TALKIES

"THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE" ; A POWERFUL STORY The thundering hoofs, that dashed across the pages of .history to be immortalised by the unforgettable poem of Alfred. Lord Tennysonsound again through the, stupendous screen version of Jt&V*,- c *? ar g e of the Light Brigade," which comes to the Town Hall Theatre tonight- and on Monday, with and Olivia deHayiliand.m|fie .featured roles. . ..•'. ';....,►; ■.,-:-i,, i -u '.a ',vr Tennyson's verse .deals, o 4 nly with the famous charge of Lighl : Brigade against the. on the heights of during the Crimean war—an action Syhich forms onlv the terrific, ( cliniax of the film story that; is repletei with thrills from start to finish,-and presents a glamorous romance:.in which two brothers are rivals of a beautiful girl., ...; oX j w ;< The picture,, heralded as,-one ot the biggest prqductions o evep,filmed by Warner Bros., haV. an,, .all-star cast of 20 noted actors,in the important roles, and over,fifteen thousand extra people. - Scenes are said to be spectacular in., extreme, with border skirmishes, hand fighting,' and •'the' "soul-stirring charge of the Light" Brigade.' Scenes depict colourful .inferiors 'of the palace of Surat Khaii,' Amir of Suristan, with his-Naiiteh" dancing girls and slaves—as well as mammoth exteriors of -British.- walled towns. <*•;./. ~; .-•■ Errol Flynn gives- a. magnificent performance;, both; as.lhe.Jover and the fighting warrior ,w}\psideliberately changes his superior;? order of attack, himself leading Brigade into the "mouth of hell!"

Double Star Programme

A feature double star programme will be screened on Tuesday and Wednesday, when Wheeler and Woolsey will bo seen in "Mummy's Boys" and Walter Abe \ in "Second Wife." The combination of these two pictures will provide, an entertainment of variety and enjoyment.