AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 337, 19 January 1937, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

Plaza Theatre. “The King Steps Out.” No liackstage story, no climb t.o th e Metropolitan, but a charming tale of a royal romance in Austria brings the golden-voiced Grace Moore to the screen again, singing melodies composed by Fritz Kreisler in ‘‘The King Steps Out,” which shows at the Plaza Theatre toshows <at the Plaza Theatre finally to-night. .When a love story is involved, there must be a lover, and in that enviable role is Franchat Tone as a reckless, merry monarch, Emperor Francis Josef. Briefly, the story concerns Princess Elizabeth, daughter of bluff, beer-loving Duke Max, whose sister-in-law is the mother of the Emperor. The Duke’s wife arranges a marriage between the young Emperor and their daughter Helena, without the latter’s knowledge or consent; the girl is in love with a count attached to the Emperor’s personal staff. Elizabeth, or Cissy, as she is called, and her father the Duke, follow incognito to the Emperor’s court, where the ruler meets the saucy and pert Cissy. He finds her, in her role of a dressmaker, more charming than her sister, to whom he is engaged. Cissy leads him on and, against a gay and picturesqu e background, the story mounts to its happy finish.