PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 868, 11 January 1930, Page 14

PLAZA

NOW SHOWING “FLIGHT” “Flight," the all-talking aviation special, which has just completed a season at the Civic Theatre, is now at the Plaza. It is a mighty drama of adventure in the sky featuring the most sensational air feats ever photographed. A capable cast including Jack Holt and Ralph Graves, one of the screen’s favourite teams, Lila Lee, Harold Goodwin, Jimmy De La Cruze and Alan Roscoe handle their roles with skill and artistry. Loops, tail-spins and Immelman turns provide thrills galore for aviation enthusiasts. Fundamentally an aerial production, a beautiful and poignant love story is told against the background of breath-taking manoeuvres among the clouds. “Lefty" Phelps, enacted by Ralph Graves, driven by shame to leave college because of unsuccessful football play, joins the marine aviation service. He wins the sympathy and friendship of “Panama” Williams, the

hard-boiled marine sergeant (Jack Holt). Their friendship is disrupted temporarily when they both fall in love with the same girl. This situation leads to an intensely dramatic conclusion. Battle scenes between the Nicaraguan insurgents and the American marines are tremendously realistic and thrilling. Colourful sequences are laid in the exotic atmosphere of Nicaraguan cabarets where Spanish singers and dancers hold forth. A number of short talkie items complete the programme.