WAIPAWA THEATRE
"EAST MEETS WEST" TO-NIGHT, WEDNESDAY. Here is a melodrama of a robust uature, with. George Arliss giving a chafacterigtic performance as a crafty Sultan who replenishes his exchequer by deft diplomacy involving Great Britain and an E^stern power. Developed with great e^ect, ornate settings, large crowd scenes, gripping suspense and the star 's personality have combined to make a rich oifering for all lovers of speetacle and drama. George Arliss appears as the Rajah of a tiny kingdom known as Renang which, by virtue of its geographical position, is coveted by Great Britain for liarborage purposes. A powerful Eastern country also makes a bid for the Sultan's friendship, and the wily potentate "plays" them both until he has extracted a million pounds from each. Woven into the main plot gtructure is the saga of a hard-drinking British Customs oflicer, whose prctty wife has an affair with the Sultan's Oxford-edu-cated son, Nezim. The situation is provoeative of suspense at the climax, when the wliite mau is on the point of being hangcd for rum-running, only to >e saved afc the cost of the English tieSkty tYith ihe Enltaa^ "
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 40, 10 November 1937, Page 12
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189WAIPAWA THEATRE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 40, 10 November 1937, Page 12
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