STATE THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 43, 13 November 1937, Page 13

STATE THEATRE

"HIS AFFAIR." Two great stars, Eobert Taylor aud Barbara Stanwyck, achieve tbeir true greatness togetber in "His Affair," wbich screens at the State Theatre tonight. In "tHis Affair" both Taylor and Miss Stanwyck find the most important story either one has ever had, a dramatic account of a love supremely courageous and unashamed, endangering the . natipn 's highest places and gambling life itself for a higher stake. Aqd for Victor McLaglen, who heads the strong supporting cast, it marks the strongest role he has had since his powerful characteri'sation in "The Informer" earned him the acting award of the Acadejny of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. A picture in the moo.d of great romance, with the surge of mighty drama, "His Affair," provides Eobert Taylor witb a truly Taylor-made role, allowing Barbara Stanwyck to match bis greatness witb a fire and power given fuli scope for the first time. Tbe exciting ©vents of "His Affair" take place at tbe turn of the century, wben tbe stability of the nation i's tbreatened by an unprecedented seri.es of sensational bank Tobberies in tbe Middle West. In a desperate jnove, President William McKinley calls upon a young Lieutenant Roberfc Taylor,' wbo bas bad a brilliant record undef Admiral Dewey.