PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 771, 18 September 1929, Page 17

PLAZA

! “THUNDERBOLT” ON FRIDAY , Tomorrow evening - sees the final , screening at the Plaza Theatre of the fin© programme which includes - “The Home-Towners,” an all-laughing ■ talkie, and the short talkie features. ' Front pages of the daily newspapers provide endless stories for motion pic- ' tures, according to Charles Furthmann, Hollywood author and adapter t of many screen plays. His latest story, the Josef von Sternberg pro- * duction, “Thunderbolt,” starring C George Bancroft, which will show at 3 the Plaza from Friday next, works a . series of these front-page events into L a gripping, dramatic story of the un--1 derworld of New York’s Harlem. i “One of the biggest motion picture successes of 1928,” Furthmann says, “was first written on the pages of > Chicago newspapers. The plot of l ‘Thunderbolt,* written by J ules Furthmann and myself, had a similar origin. ’ A newspaper story of an adventuress who posed as an angel-faced innocent and duped a smart man of the world ' gave us a start. With this one character. which wo later subordinated to 1 secondary place in favour of a hardhitting man who was not afraid to 3 take life’s blows, we eventually evolved a complete scenario. “Every personality in ‘Thunder- * bolt,’ with the exception of incidental 1 players, has stalked across the front • pages of American newspapers in the last three years. Great drama and 3 melodrama is constantly in the mak- • ing and only adaptation is required to l transform it into a screen scenario, a play or a novel.” f "Thunderbolt,”,an all-talking drama, . brings together again the two men responsible for the outstanding screen success, “Underworld,” Von Sternberg, the director, and George Bancroft, the star. It is Bancroft’s second all-talk-ing picture, the first having been the recent hit, "The Wolf of Wall Street.” In “Thunderbolt,” Bancroft is supported by Richard Arlen and Fay j Wray. DIXIELAND CABARET The popular Dixieland Cabaret will - be the scene of another happy dance this evening, when dancing will be i continued until midnight to the music , by that clever orchestra, the Dixieland . Dance Band. f A grand Charity Ball has been arranged for the Dixieland Cabaret on the evening of October 3, to help the hospital funds. Paramount is completing work on ! “Fast Company.’* an all-talking picture J of the baseball diamond. Evelyn Brent, | Jack Oakie. "Skeets” Gallagher. Gwen Dee. Chester Conklin, Sam Hardy and ; Eugene Pallette all play important ’’ | roles in the production. 1 ; j i A strong cast was assembled for the £ Paramount all-talking picture. “Charming Sinners.'* It includes Ruth Chatterton, Clive Brook. William Powell, ’ Mary Nolan, Montagu Dove tind Flor- ' ence Eldridge. The story is by the ‘ famous English author and playwright. 4 W. Somerset Maugham,