WAIPAWA THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 45, 9 March 1937, Page 9

WAIPAWA THEATRE

Double Bill To-morrow Forsaking tbe costume field, George Arliss, in "Tbe Guv'nor," sbowing at Waipawa to-morrow evening, descends tbe social scale to don tbe iattered garments of a tramp, and, despite bis sartorial lapse, present-s sucb a personality tbat tbe situation is not incredible. GeCrg8 Arliss is tbe mainspring of tbe picture, investing bis portrayal *witb tbose wbose small details for wbicb be is so renowned. One instanee is wbere, forced to dress in cutaway coat and elegant trousers, and ape tbe financial magnate, tbe instinct of tbe tramp prevails and b© enters a palatial rest^urant clutchmg tigbtly in bis arms a parcel containing bis tattered garments of tbe road. Arliss' co-star is Gene Gerrard, wbo is also atlired in sundry rags and tattera. His sbirt is a tbing of beauty, if not exactly a joy forever. Tbe old grim battle between career and love is renewed to provide an evening of picture entertainment in "Yellow Dust," a saga of California's gold country that bas Richard Dix xomantically teamed witb Leila Hyams. Pursuing a career that may lead to New York and fame, Miss Hyams dares to sing her way througb the West's wild mining towns at a time wben tbere are but seven women to every hundred men in tbe State. Passions and jealousies are q-uickly stirred among miners wbo knew only raw gold and raw rough women. Tbe xugged footbills of tbe Sierra Nevada's furnisb a magnificent scenic backdrop for the picture.