EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.
"DISRAELI." jN'o other film, silent or talkie, has scored the suocess'achieved by "Disraeli." Wherever and whenever moving pictures are'under discussion "Disraeli" is always remembered as a masterpiece of the screen. When it was previously presented it was the talk of the City, and it is safe to say that another successful season will be experienced when it opens again at Everybody's Theatre to-day. Intrigue, melodrama, and high finance are intermingled in this brilliant British story. Atliss portrays wit!; fidelity the character of the powerful British Prime Minister. Disraeli, who, in the face of scoffing and ridicule, by hie opponents and powerful hanking interests, acquired the Suez Canal for. England, outwitting Imperial Russia, solidifying the position of Great Britain in tho Far East, and '-making Queen Victoria Empress of India through hi? action. Woven through this p|ot of diplomacy and high intrigue is a charming love story by Joan Bennett and Anthony Bushell, and assisted by the lovable and human_ Prime Minister, "Disraeli" has a cant that is practically all-English, and English of the purest diction is spoken. George Arlies, of course, is English, and so is his wife, Florence Arliss, who plays one of the important roles.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20181, 9 March 1931, Page 4
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199EVERYBODY'S THEATRE. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20181, 9 March 1931, Page 4
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