AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume I, Issue 128, 30 December 1938, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS

“THE LAST GANCSTEH” Klntertn in incut of u gripping nature is offered in “The Gust Gangster,’’ which screens to-night and Saturday at the |)o Luxe Theatre! with s Kdwnrd (J. Robinson 'hack in the type oi role which it ns t: made' him famous as nun id the screen’s foremost character stars. In the new story of a notorious gangster whose ruthless erimimil career is brought to a close when he is sent to prison for ten years 1 r plenum tax evasion, Robinson once again portrays ids brilliant, technique nini cpjisiimmnlc acting ability.

Also of interest, in connection with the new production, is its introduction of tlm lovely new Viennese “lind”. H um• Strndner, who plays Robinson’s wife 'in the dramatic narrative and wlm promises to repeat in this country the triumphs which have heralded her as one of Kurope’s most, _ popular actresses. » In “The Last Gangster” Robinson is seen as J'ne Ivro/.ne, gangster overloi'd, win marries Tnlyn (.Miss Slraduer) not because he loves her but because he wants to become the lather of a son. It is not until ho is sent, to

prison for income tax evasion that Tnl.vn Icarus tlm true rulhlessncss <d her hushand's character and divorce.-, him to marry Raul North (James Stewart 1 ), s reporter who has hclriendecl her and her iiiliint, son. When Kro/.im finally serves Ids prison term he seeks mil Ids former wife with revenge In Ids heart. It is his ultimate understanding of Ids own to he a latlmr in Ids child that brings about a stirring climax lo the store. Robinson has never been greater than in Ids role of Kro/.an and both Miss Stradmw and Stewart contribute memorable support as the .vile and o |.|ier man respectively. , A uniformly fuii" east, also includes Lionel Slander as Robinson's chief henchman, (/meglas Scoff as the child, John Carra(liiie, Sidney R.lacknier, Grant Mitchell, Kd-ward Conroy and Louise It'.t\-

Kdward Ludwig lias done an ‘xpi rf. directional joli, particularly ellcoiive being the prison riot seeim.s »ud the Iragie metajimrphosis umlergoiie by Rohiusnu wlmn lie enters prison and finds himsrli robbed ol all hi-. •■'•'im r glory ijml pewer. “The Last Gangster” is a .mci'iiw for all clas,si's and tastes, it ail! Ic.uo an imprint long alter the speetn..or has left tlm theatre. “KND OK TIIK Tit AM."

•‘KIND OF THE TRAIL”, which, features Jack Holt, and Louise Henpy, aiul sf*r«M»ns at tlu* Do I lu* atm on Friday and Saturday, is based on the finest story ever written hy /ane Grey, “Outlaws ol Ralouse.” This author’s stories always makeideal screen plays of a vivid and pi<’luresqiie type, hut strangely enough they have not hitherto heen given the advantage of a first class cast and production, so that many pictures founded on /aim (trey’s stories have fallen into a sort of conventional “Western” class. Apparently the producers of this picture realised this and they set out to make n first-class production. taking what is probably the linost story of its type, and selecting an ideal cast lor it.

“RLUKIRKARD’S EIGHTH WIFE” Claudette Colbert and (Jury ( oopei* form a brilliant new comedy team, while the direction of Ernst Lubilscii brings out The punch ol the brunch background in “lilueheard’s Eighth Wile,” the picture of life among Europe’s smart set, which screens at the De Luxe Theatre next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

The story, adapted from the famous play of Alfred Savior, tells about a inuch-married American multi-million-niru who is subdued and put into- i» strait-jacket hy his eighth wile, whom lie marries for a new thrill. Miss Colbert, is the same Hip. ingenious girl who made screen history in last .year s “I Met, Him in Paris.” Cooper, as the philandering Ameriean, plays opposite her in a role that tits him down to the last stripe on his last pyjama. After becoming the bride ol the mueh-mnrriod-limuicier, Miss t olhert, a penniless French aristocrat, starts out on a campaign to bring him to Ids knees and humble his pride lor the tirst time. A score of Europe’s gay spots, including the Riviera, the Tyrol, Venire, Vienna and Paris, loriu the battleground, while the bride’s,t weapons are coolness, indillerenec uiVr/v stubborness. No general in history used his tactics tm greater advantage, and before the honeymoon is over,

('n«i]><T is lier obedient. survnnl-. 'l/hcre is here it lightness of touch 31 ikl |_m»i* ta11ic»ty< <l( ' 1>,,1sl >~ls i.lic | tic til ro out in I rout rt other .screen coliuedios of the season, jf'l'h,. cast of popular players includes JOhvsrd Everett. Horton. David Niven. Eliza hot h Patterson and Herman