PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 197, 23 August 1935, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

‘THE DICTATOR” 4 • The -Dictator,” a magnificent spectacular drama is showing finally tonight. at the Plaza Theatre. Every setting, every scene, is a thing of beauty —an artistic triumph in every detail of lighting and composition, in the form mid balance of mammoth architectural creations, in the beauty of the costuming, and in the glitter and pageantry of the backgrounds. Clive Brook and Madeleine Carroll present the central characters, Dr. Strucnsee and Queen Caroline respectively. Other players in this important production are Emlyn M i Iliums as the King; Helen Hayes, Alfred Drayton, Nicholas Hannen, Isabel Jeans and Frank Collier. “D’ye Ken John Pee’” “.D’ye Ken John Peel?” the British Dominions release which opens at the Plaza Theatre to-morrow, is distinguished by a particularly strong allBritish cast. This is headed by John Garrick, the leading man of “Lily of Ki Harney” and “The Broken Melody,” and Winifred Shotter, the heroine of so many Aldwych farces. John Stuart., the popular British actor, who will be remembered in “The House of Trent,” “The Four Masked Men,” and “Bella Donna,” plays the important role of Captain Moonlight, an attractive highwayman, who saves the hero’s life but relieves a number of rich people of their jewels and money. The remainder of the cast consists of Morris Harvey, Mary Lawson, Pat Noonan, Charles Carson, Wilfred Caithness, and Stanley Holloway. Henry Edwards, the known actor-director who made “The Flag Lieutenant” and “General John Regan,” directed “D’ye Ken John Peel?” Private Samuel Small, the Waterloo foot-soldier who refused to pick up his musket until persuaded to do so by the Duke of Wellington, is also in the cast. The studio authorities responded to urgent pleas that Stanley Holloway’s inimitable creation should be secured for the screen, and, as John Peel was major in Wellington’s army, there was little or no difficulty in persuading Mr. Holloway to act as Major Peel’s batman in the character of Sam Small, and make his famous recitation. Mr. Holloway has a notable screen voice and presence and will be remembered as the famous Irish priest “Father O’Flynn” in the musical romance “Lily of Killarney.”