COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 December 1940, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“FLORIAN.” The thundering drama of the glories and collapse of an empire, against which is told a tender love story, will be shown tonight at the Cosy Theatre in “Florian,” cavalcade of world turmoil,.based on Felix Salten’s noted novel. The picture traces Austria’s collapse after the last World War through its effects on the lovers and a magnificent Lippizan stallion, owned by Emperor Franz Josef. The story opens in the romantic Austria of 1910, with spectacular Imperial social affairs, reviews of the Emperor’s horses and other •< spectacles. Robert Young and Helen Gilbert play-a groom in the Imperial Stables and a Duchess, who through mutual love for “Florian,” the horse, find themselves in love, a romance forbidden by their difference in social station. The war, revolution, and collapse of the Hapsburg dynasty sweep away social differences as the three are reunited in America. Irina Baronova, Ballet dancer, not only figures in a spectacular ballet, but plays the role of a fiery sweetheart of a grand duke, portrayed by Lee Bowman. Supporting featurettes include the latest Pathe Gazette of'world events, a most interesting Crime Doesn’t Pay item and Robert Benchley in an intensely amusing item in which he solves the problem of “How to Eat.” Plans are at the theatre (’phone 1288).