ENTERTAINMENTS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 187, 10 August 1931, Page 11

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE “’RESURRECTION” SHOWING. Scenes of splendour combine with an absorbingly hur-.an story to make “Resurrection,” now at the Regent, Theatre, a picture, that w : U not easily be forgotten. The picture is from the immortal story by Tolstoy, and John Boles, with Lupe Velez, carry off the honours of the principal parts with outstanding success. This is one of the most realistic pictures ever brought to the screen and congratulations are in order to all concerned in its making. John Boles, in the role of Prince Dmitri, has never appeared to liner advantage than in his dramatic characterisations of the handsome youth whose love for Katusha Maslova was at first sweet and innocent, later changing to heated passion. Lupe Velez's versatile performance in the Tolstoy role proves her dramatic ability beyond a doubt. It brings to the audience the true meaning of an unselfish love. The little Senorit? displays emotional talent never before realised and under the careful guidance of the veteran director, Edwin Carewe, firmly establishes the star as a great emotional and dramatic aetriss for all time. The roles of the supporting east are capably tilled by Nance O’Neil, the well-known stage actress, as Aunt Marya, William Keighley as the gay Major Schoenboch, Rose Tapley as Aunt Sophya, and Grace Cunard, Michael Mark, Sylva Nadina, Edward Cecil, Vivian Winston and others. GRAND THEATRE “DESERT VENGEANCE” Picturesque novelty in locale, combined with a story replete with human interest, places “Desert Vengeance,” Columbia's latest all-talking, starving Buck Jones, in a class by itself as far as Westerns are concerned. Set against the background of a California “ghost” mining town, the picture, which is now at the Grand Theatre, presents a strong, “logical and convincing story, splendidly acted and directed. Nor is there any lack of thrills. Une stirring situation follows another with lightning-like rapidity, • culminating in a climax that is as

satisfying as it is unexpected. The action is concerned chiefly with the efforts of two rival gangs of desperadoes to gain supremacy in the district .surrounding a little town out in the Western Sierras. Complications begin to arise when Cardew, a bandit king, loses his heart to a pretty girl who turns out to bo an adventuress. Enraged that his sweetheart shocld have deceived him, Cardew takes her to his stronghold and puts her to hard labour. Finally, after a terrific battle between bandit gangs, Cardew and his sweetheart decide to begin life anew.