PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 196, 22 August 1935, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

“THE DICTATOR’’ 'The Dictator/’ a magnilicent specitacular drama, which comes lu this country under the banner of Gaumont- | British, and is being' distributed by I Fox Films, is the current attraction lat the Plaza Theatre. Every setting', every scene, is a thing of beauty—an artistic triumph in every detail wf lighting and composition, in the form and balance of mammoth architectural creations, in the beauty of the costuming, and in the glitter and pagcan try of the backgrounds. Clive Brook and Madeleine Carroll present the central characters, Dr. Struensee ami Queen Caroline respectively. The locale of the story, which is based on historical fact, is the Court of Denmark, and the period, the latter part of the eighteenth century, circa 17G6, when young Princess Caroline, sister of George 111 of England, was sent td the (Danish Court to marry Christian VII, whom she had never previously seen. Repelled by the vacillating character, no less than by the viciousness of her drink-sodden husband, she rebelled and, in her loneliness, turned to Struensee, an obscure physician but a clever opportunist who had climbed to dictatorial power over the King by the ladder of flattery. Sympathy soon ripens

into love between (he Queen and the Dictator and their lives in this association make a superbly dramatic story rising to a poignantly emotional climax. “D'ye Ken John PeeL’* The British Do-minions release ‘‘D'ye Ken John Peel?” which will he screened at the Plaza Theatre on Saturday, brings back to life the romantic days of Wellington’s victories and the perilous times in England due to highwaymen in the English countryside. John Stuart, the well-known British actor, plays a prominent role in “D’ye Ken John Peel?” which also stars Winifred Shutter. In addition to providing himself an excellent singer, John displays great horsemanship as the gallant “Captain Moonlight,” the handsome, fearless highwayman who befriends the hero and heroine. John Garrick is seen as the merry Major John Peel. He sings some fine musical numbers, including a rou-sing soldiers’ chorus.