STATE THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXI, Issue 4, 6 January 1936, Page 3

STATE THEATRE.

The dramatised version of Gene Stratton-Porter's famous novel, "Freckles," is showing at the State Theatre All the charm of the novel is preserved in the film. Tom Brown and Carol Stone take the romantic leads, with eight-year-old Virginia Weidler in the part of the delightful Larrie Lou. In a dramatic but simple manner, the love story of a lonely orphan boy and a girl of the out-of-doors is unfolded. "Freckles," the orphan finds his way to a lumber camp in the awe-inspiring, sometimes breath-taking Limberlost, with its towering giants of trees, and its own strange, wild beauty. There he falls in with men of all types and kinds — good friends, scoundrels, and a delightful school teacher, not forgetting the irrepressible little chatterbox, Larrie Lou,: who will be remembered for the part she played in "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch." Tom Brown, Carol Stone, and Virginia Weidler give outstanding performances. "Diamond Jim." A film alive with drama, humour, romance, and pathos is the description given of "Diamond Jim," which is coming to the State Theatre on Friday next. Since it would be impossible to transmit to the screen all of "Diamond Jim's" glamorous career, the producers have abridged the biography with delicate deletion and at the same time have maintained a continuity that painted Brady with honesty. The whole panorama of the bejewelled figure sweeps across the screen with keen dramatic effect. First Brady is seen as a new-born babe, then as a youngster of 10, and next as a baggage master in an out-of-the-way depot. He builds, a fortune as a railroad equipment salesman who used- his magnetic personality and understanding of psychology to gain wealth, and he is seen also disappointed in love. He is a "one-love" man.