DE LUXE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 129, 27 November 1929, Page 6

DE LUXE THEATRE.

. A reproduction of the Battle of Trafalgar is leen In "The Divine Lady," Corlnne Griffith's latest picture, which is now being screened at the Do Luxe Theatre. Despite tho magnitude of the marltlmo scenes of "The Divine Lady," this sequence by no means dominates tho p'lcture, which tells of tho love story of Lady Hamilton and Lord Nelson. Miss Griffith, as the lady of many affairs and one splendid, ideal romance, worked in the picture steadily for over more than six months, while another six months was devoted to preparations for filming the story. Four ships were used as "principals" in the sea episodes, and from eight to fourteen others for distant atmosphere, no action being shown on the decks of the latter. In this way the whole 1 English and French fleets were reproduced Tho cast supporting Miss Griffith in "The Divine Lady" is a notable one, and includes Victor Varconl as Lord Nelson, and H. B. Warner as Lord Hamilton. Good supports are also screened, while tho music by tho. orchestra, under Mr. I/. D. Austin, is an added attraction, nr?,"!3 fl, owa swlf«y onward in Broadway, whirlpools of pleasure, back-eddying into swirls of sorrow; cascades of gaiety sometimes falling in broken torrents upon the rocks below. But always Broadway, the street where there is a flame for every moth and music for all who can keep step with the tune. An atmosphere as distinctive, as impossible of duplication as it is fascinating; a world ablaze with a brilliancy supremely ts own. Here the candle burns constantly at both ends—burns, and is never consumed. Such is the compelling "personality" of the Great White Way, and such Isl the dramatic appeal of "Broadway," which comes to the De Luxe Theatre on Friday next, with Glenn Tryon, Evelyn Brent, Merna Kennedy, and many other well-known players In the principal roles. "Broadway" presents in all sound photography not only the enthralling action of the play which held Now York itself breathless for almost two years, but, in addK tlon, all the colour and fascination, which so essentially belong to Broadway alone. In the play as it was presented on the New York stage, all the action occurred in only one scene—Nick Verdis's office in the Paradise Night Club. The occurrences In the night club itself were described, but not shown. In the picturisation of the play this situation offered the greatest opportunity to the producer to enhance materially the entertainment value of the film. An overture and entr'acte will be rendered by the recently reinstated De Luxe Orchestra under the direction of Mr. L. D. Austin. The box plans are available at the Bristol Piano Company and Aitken's Book Arcade (Courtenay place).