PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 155, 3 July 1934, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

"THE LOST PATROL'’ THRILLS. Grimly and magnificently realistic m background, powerful in theme, and swift and dramatic in action, "Jh" Lost'Patrol,” which shows finally at the Plaza Theatre to-day, is one ol rhose pictures which come along eveiy so often to jar screen entertainment out of any semblance of a rut. (Strikingly different is this epic of gallantry on the desert. Played with tremendous virility bv a great east including t ictqr McLaglen, Boris Karloff. Wallace Ford. Reginald Denny, and a notable array of supporting artists, the production is directed with a masterful hand by John Ford. The story is that of a patrol of British cavalrymen who are lost on the Mesopotamian desert when their officer is killed by Atabs. L'nder the command of their ironnerved sergeant, they take refuge in an oasis, where they become the virtual prisoners of their invisible but ever vigilant enemies. Lightened frequently bv comedy, tinged ■ ith romance, and often touched by pathos, the record of the doomed patrol is mostly one of sheer drama, which reaches stirring heights in a surprising climax. The supporting programme maintains the high standard of Plaza featurettes. ‘‘Such Women are Dangerous” •'Such Women are Dangerous.” a comedy-drama starring \\ nrm‘- Baxter, opens to-morrow at the Plaza Theatre. The film combines romance, intrigue and mystery, and presents Baxter m a role that is ideally suited to bis per sonality. Baxter finds himself the target of the love-making of three charming feminine stars, Rosemary Ames. Rochelle Hudson and Mona Barrie. Baxter, as a handsome bacheicr-novci-ist, is the admiration of nine million Women readers, but three women are directly concerned ’with his private life. One of them, his secretary, seeks to protect him from the love of a young girl who aims to marry him. an-i aiso a married opera singer who is madly infatuated with him. The young girl commits suicide and the novelist 5s accused of the murder. It is reported that the humorous and exciting developments through which the novelist is extricated from this unfortunate situation provides a thoroughly amusing and interest [ng c'imax !■> the story.