PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 845, 13 December 1929, Page 16

PLAZA

“FOUR FEATHERS” TOMORROW It is a long time since Auckland has had the pleasure of seeing a picture of the undoubted worth of "The Foutr Feathers,” produced by Paramount, who have interwoven the might of Nature with the power of the written story. ‘‘The Four Feathers” tells a story of romance and British courage that takes you from the flowered lanes of England to the acrid heat of the Sudan. To enact this story from the pen of A. E. W. Mason, Paramount combed their resources for the be.'-, actors available. And their choice has fallen to a group of players whose popularity and histrionic ability U beyond doubt. Richard Arlcn is the young maavbo receives the four feathers of cowardice. Three of them come from his brother officers, William Powell, The—dor von Eltz and Clive Brook. The fourth is from his sweetheart, Fnr Wray, who is broken-hearted »: his action in resigning his commission on the evt of war. How i retrieves his honour and her love is to in a thrilling manner in "The Four Feathers.” The African scenes taken by Ernest Schoedsack and Merian Coop?* in a stay of 18 months in the Africa desert form a glowing background i the adventure action of the story that has never been equalled. The ski!, with which these scenes are interwoven with those of the studio surpasses belief, and all we can say : s that ‘‘The Four Feathers” is one of trgreatest pictures that we have eveseen. This great Paramount picture will come to. the Plaza Theatre this evering - „ , The London "Daily News said et "Four Feathers”: "This silent Paramount productior is mighty in its spectacle. It indeec boasts splendour in its b* ll ' sequences, and packs a great thrill •' the scenes which depict hosts of wi.rhinos on the trail of resisting mer. A fine programme of shorter talto-> will also be shown this evening.