ARCADIA PICTURES.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XXIV, 23 January 1929, Page 3

ARCADIA PICTURES.

TO-NIGHT AND THURSDAY. “TEMPEST.” John' Barrymore. A patriotic Russian peasant youth Ivan Markov, wins the friendship of a famous military leader and is commissioned a lieutenant. Hopelessly in love with the genera’s daughter, who is betrothed to a snobbish adjutant, a member of her father’s staff, Ivan is indiscreet enough to overindulge in wine and enter the princess’ bedchamber after she has haughtily repulsed him at a ball. Before falling in a drunken stupor in her room, he tears an icon from his neck, scratches the words, “I love you —Ivan,” on the back of it, and places the religious emblem on her pillow.

When she comes to her room and finds the intoxicated peasant wooer she summons her father and fiance, and Ivan is stripped of his military rank and cast into prison. Ivan’s loyal comrade, Bulba, insults an officer so he can join his friend behind the bars.

A peddler, a secret agent for forces advocating the overthrow of the Czar ist regime, and who previously has been chastised by Ivan for spreading propaganda among the troops, secretly visits the disgraced officer in prison and wins him over - to the revolutionary cause.

The princess, repentant and realising she does love the former lieutenant, visits him in his cell, but, he bitterly denounces her. The jealous adjutant rebukes her for the visit. She breaks the engagement with the caddish adjutant. In revenge the adjutant has Ivan placed in solitary confinement, .saying it is on the princess’s recommendation.

The outbreak of the world war releases all military prisoners except Ivan for service at the front. The Bolsheviki seize control of the government and Ivan is released and placed second in command on the red dread tribunal. Sitting in judgment, the peddler, with Ivan by his side, is condemning all aristocrats to death. One of the prisoners is the princess, Ivan orders her to be placed in the cell he occupied and he visits her. alone. She bears his insult-, then faints in his arms, and Ivan discovers she has loved him for yea.es and is still wearing the icon he left on her pillow. On his way back to the tribunal. Ivan finds the general facing a tiring squad His old friend dies in his arms Becoming revolted at this new Russian justice, Ivan rushes into the commissar’s office. The peddler accuses Ivan of being a traitor. Ivan kills the Bolshevik leader in selfdefence and escapes to a waiting sleigh, and with his princess and Bulba finally reaches new lands and happiness.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TOM MIX IN HELLO CHEYENNE The oldest sure-fire press story that has gone the rounds of all studios is about the gateman who didn't recognise the star in a new make-up. A new version of this story actually happened on the Fox lot at a time when Tim Mix was engaged in bringing to the screen “Hello Cheyenne!” coming to the Arcadia Theatre on Friday and Saturday. It seems that Tom had completed his work for the day and was crossing the street from one lot to another when a new gateman held him up as he was going through. "Y a gotta show a pass, Mister.” “I work here,” said Mix. “I’m one of the hired help.” "Maybe you arc,” shot back the gateman, “but I'm one of the hired help, too, and my business is to see that no one gets by this gate without a pass.” “Do you know Tom Mix?” asked Tony’s master. “Yes, I know him, and he can get through here any time he likes.” "Well, I’m Tom Mix,” said the famous rider. “Is zat so?” said the gateman. “Glad to hear it. I’m Gene Tunney.” Tom got through eventually but he had to be recognized, endorsed and vouched for by Gene Forde, his director.