PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 306, 28 December 1936, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

■'EAST MEETS. WEST." "East Meets West,” which continues at the Plaza Theatre to-day, stars George Arliss, with Lucie Mannheim, Ballard Berkeley, Romney Brent, and Godfrey Tearle. It is a GaumontBritish picture, released throughout Australia and New Zealand by G.B.D. George Arliss’ latest starring vehicle is rich melodrama, flavoured plentifully with thrills, adventure and romance. As the wily Sultan of an Eastern principality, he successfully wheedles great sums of money out of Britain and another Eastern Power, playing against them the life of a

renegade Englishman, a rum-runner, whose wife has had an affair with the Sultan’s Oxford-educated son. There is action in plenty in this offering. Arliss is his usual polished self, investing every word he speaks and every gesture he makes with infinite dignity and significance. Lucie Mannheim is

an attractive and appealing figure as the unfortunate wife, while Romney Brent’s study df a Japanese diplomat is flawless. Much excitement is derived from great crowd scenes in which natives mob for the life of the erring Englishman. The splendour of settings, dress and manner is unique and wholly satisfying. A rich offering, this, suitable for all audiences who enjoy ripe entertainment, full of thrills, romance, and the intrigue that surrounds the East.