MUNICIPAL PICTURES.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 71, Issue 176, 27 July 1928, Page 2

MUNICIPAL PICTURES.

In “The Way of All Flesh,” screening finally to-night at tho Opera House, Emil Jannings gives a performance that is dramatically great. Jannings is supreme among the men of the screen, for his acting gives aesthetic delight. Joy could be got from his acting alone, but here is a great actor in a great play. The story runs that some twenty years ago August Schilling was the cashier of the Germania Bank <u Milwaukee. The thickly-bearded MrSchilling lives a wholesome life, happy with his six children. The house, {.he ordered routine, reflects the characteristics of a man who, after twenty years’ service in the bank realises that he has a of importance At home, he is suprisod to get message from the bank. Ho is told oy the officials that he must leave to sell some bunds ah Chicago, a place he has never been to since his honeymoon. His daily routine will be upset, but ho must gu, and so, on board the traiu, we find him fussing with his seat io the amusement of a peroxided blonde who finds added amusement in his woollen sox and clastic boots, bhe ij a little peeved at his intrusion, and he is nut overwhelmed at seeing he. opposite. However, her interest ii«creases when looking for his ticket, she sees the wallet with the bunds. After his arrival in Chicago his auventures begin. The bonds are lost and Schilling, in a brawl, kills a crock. He struggles through life, doing a little work, wherever possible, in thp passing years he becomes wrinkled, his hair matted, and his steps halting. Attracted by a sign outside a theatre, he obtains a cheap seat to see his son, now a famous violinist, give a recita*. He is moved to tears when, for an encore, the son plays a piece which lie tells the audience his father taught him. The old man follows him honit-. There he sees his family in happy circle. And so he wanders away in the snow, saying that he is happ>. “Tip Toes” “Tip Toes,” the Broadway stage success at the Opera House to-morrow, * ent to Euglami, turned motion picture and was brought back to America by Paramount. Dorothy Gish, W iii Rogers, and Nelson Keys play “The Three Kayes.” The story runs that Al and Hen, the third-rate vaudevillians, arc dead broke in London. They plot to marry Tip Toes, their pretty dancing partner, to the wealth and title of one Lord William Montgomery, innocent lordling, who fails in love with her. But vaudeville manners and b»ck-stage slang soon arouse the objections of his lordship’s aristocratic family. International social relations crack! Gaol threatens! “The Three Kayes” plan one last fling —then their getaway! The night of the party, Lord William’s yacht seems to Al and Hen to float in a sea of champagne. When the gaiety reaches its climax Lord Bill suddenly denounces “Tip Toes.” Tho truth is out, the jig is up! But “Tip Toes” loves truly by this time. She manages to convince his lordship of her love. That chauges their whole lives.

Al, Hen, and Tip Toes, now Lady Montgomery, still reside in England. How did she do it? See the picture.