MAJESTIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1037, 30 July 1930, Page 15

MAJESTIC

NEW TALKIE TOMORROW The delightfully amusing comedy, “So Long, Letty,” starring Charlotte Greenwood, will conclude its season at tho Majestic Theatre today, together with its accompanying programme. William Powell, whose versatility is admired by millions of enthusiastic talking screen fans all oVcr the world, is coming to the Majesti6 tomorrow in another of those splendid characterisations of his. The picture is "Street of Chance.” A picture in which "big time” professional gambling is held up to tho mirror of reality. Powell is the central character, "Natural" Davis, lord of all gamblers, who nightly gather in greenshaded hotel rooms to stake their fortunes, and sometimes their lives, on the deal of a poker hand. Powell is a lovable villain. Immersed as ho is in the lawless swirl of poker cards, nevertheless he has a sympathetic spot in his case-hardened heart for Regis Toomey, his young brother. Powell pays thousands for the college education of his brother, and thousands more to prevent the lad from following along the treacherous pathway that he himself has followed. But despite Powell’s efforts, Toomey becomes involved in one of the biggest and most dangerous games on the street of chance. He is playing for high stakes with men who shoot faster than they think. Powell’s valiant effort to save the boy is the grand climax of the picture, and brings a climax alike romantic and dramatic.