PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 110, 12 May 1933, Page 10

PLAZA THEATRE

"THE FLAG LIEUTENANT.’’ Some stories will never grow old; stories so rich in detail, so coloured by romance that age seems to enhance rather than wither them. Such a story is “The Flag Lieutenant,” now showing at the Plaza. It is some 20 years now since Cyril Maude delighted London audiences with his characterisation of Dicky Lascelles, the irresponsible young Naval officer, whose flippant outlook on life anti easy tolerance of things in general are at once the delight of the wardroom and the ban c of his superiors. There are some dramatic moments in “The Flag Lieutenant,” some sentimental moments, an* 1 some thrilling scenes which depict Britain’s tars in action, but each situation, no matter how tense, is relieved by flashes of humour, supplied by the irrepressible hero, whose grand gesture towards a brother officer supplies the nucleus of the plot. Henry Edwards plays the part of the hero, and so well that almost from the commencement of the picture a sympathetic audience finds itself following him in and out of a dozen escapes, which, however, culminate in his winning the respect of his critics, and incidentally, the hand of the Admiral’s daughter. The supports to the main attraction are excellent. Superlatives alone could do justice to the scenic trip around England’s beautiful cathedral at Canterbury, while a New Zealand film of the Southern Alps brings home the beauties of our own country. In lighter vein are an Ideal Sound Magazine, and a cartoon, %which conspire, also, to make the current programme at the Plaza one to be remembered.