CIVIC THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20169, 23 February 1931, Page 4

CIVIC THEATRE.

I J - »i | . "BALACLAVA." * Pictures such as the British film "Balaclava," which opened M, 'the Theatre on Saturday, fulfil a finer', service sla reviving the best traditions of <>Ur race, - and this release" is welcome particularly ilk that It shows thai there ate noble Bidet to' warfare, . spite Of the horrors depicted- bfc modern novelists and war playwright®- • ' ' With characteristic British, exactitude, the P» «®j - faithfully the incidents la the Orimeait campaign leading tip to the famous battle of Balaclavaand the/_chftrge of Brigade, aa appealing romance w suiting to retain .interest until the imagina- -;!? n i' s cam ed, beyond" the* actual story in the stirring scenes dipleting'the tragie charge. tw4.„ Kenned#- (Oyrll McLaglen) is the' -interesting central figure !in »the story. Under !^}!! a ? tr i ftheni! .V m on the ■'part i 6* the officers £nt> 3J e f i l6 I<|lo »ehigre(t from, the Army, under another,,nfcme, and Is de-' '-'i®W 14 ! 9 Balaclava. .Here h(t meets the lady in,the story,-falls In-ioVe With ' Tlv t assists materially-ip ,the precipitation »°l dilring which the charge takes place. • -(«-•! th u S. 1 " 1 {s beyond refrJl™ the -assistance-, ot the Brh tiih Wfty Office ttliUtevy- nflpftet' iisr' IKa«m roprodaced -to ' tferfeotloa. little humorous A^v Ce ? e ?' o 'i t ft ,I0t " Ip< ot life in the °£- 18S0 . » t >»e photographically perfect ■-lsaidscapeß, and the-,:iaafcniftcent Incidental picture l ° excellence of the oanvincingly, While Only/praise can he nosrs afl&sr >" & \ ' 111 I "'f