CRYSTAL PALACE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20102, 4 December 1930, Page 17

CRYSTAL PALACE.

Tho grandeur aud bplendour of ths court life of the Russia of tho earlier days provides a background to 4 'The Song of tho Flame,'' at the Crystal Palace. Theatre this week. The film is notable for its lavish settings and dramatic plot. MAURICE CHEVALIER IN "THE BIG POND." We have just been informed, per medium of tho English cables, of the tremendous sensation caused by the appearance of Maurice Chevalier in London last week. Next in importance to his personal appear* ance on the stage will be his appearance on the screen at the Crystal Palace on Monday next in his latest all-talking romantic comedy, "The Big Pond." Chevalier is a great artist with a wonderful personality, and it is no • wonder that he is such a popular favourite, particularly among tho fair sex. In "The Big Pond" the versatile Chevalier plays a new kind of role, that of a penniless French nobleman who attempts to mix money-making with love-making, and, of course, the latter he does to perfection, lie a number of new songs in his own irrepressible style; two, in particular, 4 'You P, ro , u ? hfc * New K ind of Love to Me" and "Livmg in the Sunlight, Loving in the Moon* light,*' are bound to become popular in Christchurc/n Chevalier scores the biggest success of his meteoric career in 4 'The Big Pond.* * The box plans are now open at The Bristol Piano Company.