STATE THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 81, 22 April 1937, Page 15

STATE THEATRE

"UNDER twd FLAG8" In a thundering dramatic sp§etaele that fiVals the gfe&test Of the stfeen'a achievemeiits, "Uhder Twe iriage/' the SOth. Cehttify ptodlicfibn W'hit'h . screens at the State Theatre thie eteh' ing, brings to the scieen Ouida's unforgettable Story of & mrtfi redeemed frein. tbe Legions of the doOined by a wom4n's idvei The pioture . preseiits Ronald Colman# Gkudette Colbert, Victor MfcLiglen ind Kdsilin'd Russell with a supporting cast of ten thousand. Colman is a private ifl Frahoe's FOreigri Legion# loVed by Miss Coibeft. She,. ifi tufrij his captured the heart of McLaglen, bie majer.- Wbeh CMliiiih, who has fled Ertgland to atone for his. bfdther's drime, fallfe iij lertfe With beautiftil ltOsalind RhSsell, ihe tale begihs to fise to Its pefik of dramatic iflteiifeity. A't an iSOlaied deserb outpost, MfcLaglen atttefiiptg to get rid of Gdtfiiah by sacriftdliig mm to the revolting Ardbs, but rethhtt, ahd cdihes to ihe fisSfstdiice of the coffiered shbordinate. The cKhuik affives When their eiitire fdfce ficea extinction. Thdn Miss Colbert leads the Legionn'aires to their rescue 'hnd Savds the man she loves so that he can go to.tbe arms of another wotrran4 Muilcii ofi SatOrday. r / Hailed as containing ftll that is brightest ahd be^ irt revue, "Soft Liglits and Sweet Musio'.' comds to the State ort Saturday, The follcnving gives some idea of fclie st toi attractidhsj — | Afhbrose and hfS orfchestra, aefeiiow- : ledged td be the Uiic#oWned kirJgs 6f modern d&itce nnisic and Ambrose is tbe higheit paid dance band leader iri th© world; Western Brothers, slickest, ,m°st up-.to-datg entertainment duo in

■''JWWWPW.'1!' ? igW'Q1-- 1 u'^'^w.^wiuiww'auEurope. Best-seilers on gramophone recbrd's ; 'Harry " Tatb, veteran musio hall airtist, creptor of world-famotis mbtorifig, gdlfing aiid fishing sketches, heading the. bills of variety in every Jfinglish-speaking country for yearSj Billy Bennett, "almost & gentleman" who gainpd first fame at' the Royal COifimand pcfformanee ia 1926 Tiiffier B&ytoh, otice churfch dfgfiflifet afid ohoirboy, tHen pdrther iii the famous Layton and Johnstone team, now liiglily paid singer and pianist of modern rhythni; and Bonald Stewa,rt, the singer, is an American who had tho juvenile lead in Chhrlot's ladt teviie, "Stop-Gb'' ttnd has beeli chbsen for that producer's next show; The Holly Beautie&, probably the most cxpensive chorus eiisemble in the * world. Individually chosen for perfect all-round beauty.