TINE ENTERTAINMENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 791, 11 October 1929, Page 16

TINE ENTERTAINMENT

JANNINGS AT HIS BEST TIVOLI OPENS AS A TALKIE HOUSE Jannings—the great Jannings_ u greater than ever in his newe? . dramatic masterpiece. “Betrayal* which opened the Tivoli TheatreVevening as a talkie house. Those who have seen -The Patriot’ •The Way of All Flesh” and -The i^ s . Command” will find it difficult u, imagine this great star surpassing v;, own never-to-be-forgotten perform. ances. But surpass himself he doe*-., this gripping story of the Swiss AV of an old man’s effort to win the IoV of a young girl who has alreaupledged her heart and of his final awak ening to the futility of trying to ovV come love.

Strong drama and tender moments of real human love: thrilling scenes of danger; clever touches of arresting humour that set the heart laughing, these are the things that make “Betrayal” a picture that will live as one of the greatest ever made by any star on the stage or screen.

Beautiful Esther Ralston, wi-o showed such a surprising power for dramatic interpretation in her recent picture. “The Cac*=* of Smith, supports Jannings and Gary Cooper of -Legion of the Condemned” fame, is also featured in the cast. Two lit:.boys, cast as Jannings’s sons, have an appeal all their own. and an excellent group of players assist in rounding out “the picture. “Betrayal” is a picture that most not be missed. It is surely one of the biggest things that has come to the Auckland screen this year, and it will take its place with those other immortal dramas that Jannings has given to the' world. Music and effects of unsurpassed beauty and reality, perfectly synchronised with the picture, enhance the gripping power of this Emil Jannings dramatic masterpiece. The score was prepared by J. S. Zamccnik. An excellent orchestra carries the musical score and Louis de Francesco directed this group. Last night’s programme also included it number of bright talking and silent supports. The items included “In a Monastery Cellar,” with some fine singing by a male quarte:. a humorous sketch entitled -Between the Acts at the Opera,” also an ‘lnternational News" and a merry comedy. The Tivoli Theatre lias been renovated for the occasion. The proscenium. stairways and so on have been painted/ in delicate pastel shades, and new’ seating has been installed downstairs. GRAND AND LYRIC “PICCADILLY” Unquestionably the British International super-production, “Piccadilly.’ now at the Grand and Lyric Theatres should enhance the reputation of British pictures not only in this country, but throughout the world as wfll. The story was especially written by Arnold Bennett, and it is a simpie story of London life. A brilliant night club, ancf a slum in the Chinese quarter, each provide intensely interesting backgrounds for the drama, in which the delightful Chinese actress, Anna May Wong, and the well-known English actor. Jameson Thomas, are the leading figures. One of the biggest and most luxurious night club sets ever built will he seen in this production, with the fashionable "West End crowd dancing to one of Britain's leading orchestras on an incomparable floor, with over 3.000 brilliant pendants dotted over light-' and fountains, making one of the most magnificent spectacles that the screen has ever shown.

RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM “SCANDAL” -Scandal,” the picture coming r -o the Rialto and Regent (Epsom) Theatres today, lias pretty Laura La Plante a* its star. She is supported by a cast, including Huntly Gordon, Boles, and Jane Winton. WeslO Ruggjes directed the production ffo r -i “The Haunted Lady,” a magazine story by Adele Rogers St. Johns. It deals with the adventures of popular society wife confronted by a menacing triangle situation. The stor is stirring and full of suspense. * was filmed in and around a country club at Santa Barbara, ban* farnia. An interesting Western type ol stor entitled “The Winged Horseman ar • starring Hoot Gibson, will also shown. GLENN TRYON AT ROYAL “It Can Be Done,” the latest uproarious comedy by Glenn Try°°’ , now' at the Royal Theatre, Kingsian • The story deals in a most way with a young man employed a publishing firm who has a “inferiority complex” which he ° comes after reading a book on - v subject. His subsequent aggTesmanner of dealing with his late ployers and his masterful way his fiancee are humorously relate* "Captain Lash.” which will also " shown, is a stirring sea tale Victor McLaglen n the role ® engineer on a steamer plying Sydney and Singapore. Clair*? ‘ th j« sor also has an important part in film.