King George Theatre

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 4, 19 June 1930, Page 5

King George Theatre

, "A DELIGHTFUL, BOGTJE." SATURDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY.

"Tho Delightful Rogue" is a nice little comedy drama. The recording is excellent and the dialogue brings many chuckles, keeping the audience in good humour. There is mild suspense also. Mt. I>a Roc^ue's voice is very good and the role suits him admirably. Rita I,a Roy is a charming heroine whose voice records well.

Tbe story revolves around a comicopera pirate (hei'o) who is. feared by everyone. He is supposed to be a wo-man-hater-. With the knowledge that She will be killed if he should go into ttSie waterfront town, he seeks entertain ment where he meets the heroine, half owner of the cabaret, and its chief at" traction. He falls in love with her but she is in love with a well-to-do American, who wants to take her back home -with him. He is sort of caddish, in *that. he is brave "only when there is no danger. He informs the troops that the hero is to meet the_ heroine- on the "Jbeac-h and has him taken to gaol. But the hero 'd men who had entered the gaoi, led the troops into the river and takevthe young American to. the hero's siips.. Later the heroine comes to ask Mm to free the ycraug man. He makes a seemingly iusu'lting proposal that they spend the night together. The heroine •decides to stay iv the room with the ttero till morning £o test the young man's love for her. He proves to be not so*doeply in love wh_on he thinks she is bad. But when, he learns that '.nothing had happened, he takes the heroine away from'the ship. She swims kaek to the ship and agrees to go with th.c hero. '' The Delightful Rogue is the iirst .sea picture ever to be made in sound. It is now being filmed 6f£ th© Oatalina Islands.

"SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE." One of tlie greatest, of J. C. Williameon's stage successes was "Seven Kej:s to Baid>pato." It is now coming .to King George Theatre in. a hundred per cent talkie mystery tkril'ier, with ' Biehard Dix ,as the principal. Thrills, suspense, mys/t.ery, and romance are some of the .highlights. The eerie shadows oi Baldpate Inn ; the howling of t;he wind outside, and the ominous sound of seven keys turning one by one, in. the lock of the tavern door, alll create an atmosphere of mystery. William Hplo.wcll Magee^ writer of mystery thrillers, wagers t-iiat he can produce a compete novel in 24 hours if given a place of absolute quiet. Bentaey .suggests Baldpate Inn. At midnight, Magee reaches the door of Baldpate Inn. Mr and Mrs Quhnby, the caretakers, welcome him, andthen leave assuring him that he has to only key to Baldpate in. existence. Ma gee has no sooner settled down to work than a second key turns in tho lock. The arigttet is a procession of ghosts, crooks., Mllers, and madmen, with dangers doubled by the arrival of Mary Norton. who has been assigned by her paper to get the story of the wager. As dawn arrives. Magee finally corrals the gung, but the weird events of the night lave driven him to the point of collapse. Bentley arrives . unexpectedly and Magee point* to his prisoners. Suddenly they all laugh, and Bentley explains. It is midnight. Ma-gee rises from the chair, stretches leisurely, and then, gathers up" tho scattered pages of his manuscript. He has completed his. novel and won the wager. The title is "Seven Kegs of.Baldpate" and the drama unrolled before us was thie story as Magee wrote it.