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“DISRAELI.” TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!
Reputed to be one of the finest picture talkies yet produced,' and attended by . record houseswherever shown, “Disraeli,” .starring ..George Arliss, will be presented at., the Princess Theatre, to-night forJ'!the Ijasfc time. Intrigue, melodrama and
high finance, are intermingled in a brilliant story in “Disraeli,” the : yj\Varner Bros. Vitaphone production f in whiph Gporge Arliss portrays with fidelity, the character of the powerful Conservative British Premier, who in the face, pf scoffing and ridicule by his opponents and powerful banking interests, acquired, the Suez Canal for England, outwitting Imperial Russia, the position of Englapd 1 ifi the Far East, and making Queen Victoria “Empress of In- % dia” through his action. Woven through this plot of diplomacy is a charming love story carried by Anthony Rushell and Joan Bennett. Florence; Arliss, the star’s, wife, plays
the lead opposite him as Lady Beac- . ... onsfield. Al Green directed this' Vitaphone version pf the highly success- \ ful stage play “Disraeli,’’ which wan Nrritten for Arliss by Louis N. Parker, Tim cast supporting Arliss is an excellent one, including in addition to the mentioned above, such popular names ae David Torrence,- Ivan Simpson and Doris Lloyd. The story, of the p'ay was adapted for the screen by Julian Josephson. :Mr Josephson has many fine scenarios to hie credit, and in “Disraeli,” his latest, he has skilfully transferred evefy ounce of dramatic value contained in the original script.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1930, Page 3
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238AMUSEMENTS. Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1930, Page 3
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