King’s Theatre

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 455, 12 June 1937, Page 3

King’s Theatre

To.day and Monday: “When Love Is Young” (Virginia Bruce, Kent Taylor, Walter Bresnen); and “Fugitive Sheriff” (Ken Maynard) . * * * Tuesday and Wednesday: “Mad Holiday” (Edmund Lowe, Elissa Landi). * * * Thursday and Friday: “O'Rielly’s Lu?3k” (William Fir.wley, Eleanor© Whitney); and “Easy to Take” (John Howard, Marsha Hunt, Eugene Pallette). THE ONLY KISS! Throughout the length of “Rhodes of Africa” the great Empire building drama coming to the Plaza Theatre, there is only one scene with a kiss.' in it! Oscar Homolka, the famous Austrian star receives it. Renpe de Vaux gives i|t. Renee de Vijux felt highly honoured at the unique disjunction. “Whether or npt su£h a chGEte salute can be called a ‘kiss’ doesn’t matter,” she says. “It’s Ithe nearest approach to an embrace in the whole film and it belongs to me!”

ceeding scene shows Landi treating it with hot towels. The camera must show steam rising from them. Yet if the towels were actually hot enough to be steaming Lowe’s face would be a bright lobster colour after the •‘take.” <

The murder mytliery, such ias this picture is, requires special preparation to obtain its eerie effects. Props must be selected for their sound effect. Paper is dampened so thf/t it wonk crackle too much. The’ bottom of silverware is taped so that it won’t clang too loudly on a plate. When shots are fired the Hack powder in the shells is mixed with flash powder so that a definite flash will show on the film.

A HERO PASSES ON. Th© last Ec&ne in G.-B.’s “Rhodes of Africa,” in the great man’s home, ’’Groove Schnur,” at Muizeffburg where Cecil Rhodes drew his last breath, L one of the most poignant and emotional ever screened. With all the magnificent skill at his disposal, Walter Huston hlas made the last moments of" Cd?,ili Rhodes something that may live eternally in the minds of all who see it. The turmoil of movie-making automatically hushed in the’ great sound-stage as they made the scene. Face dravVn with illness. Rhodes in ’the personage of Huston, lay against a crumpled pillow. By his side stood the famous Jameson. Even in his last hour Rhodes still dreams of Africa. “If I weren’t dying, Jim, out just dropping I off to sleep for 25 years I should wfake up| to find a united Africa.” And as the moment approaches I when the spirit of the Pioneer begins ! to flag, a new and almost awful energy seizes him. He si arts, upwards, and his eyes seem to be gazing fl.ir out across the veldt. His dreams becomes words: —*“Ralwa ys—Telegra ph —Cape to Cairo —Natives —Reserva-tions—Self-Governments—Scholarships j tor boys all over the world —Northward— Northward ...”