"ANGEL OF BROADWAY" A FINE GAIETY FILM.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 58, Issue 71, 26 April 1929, Page 2

"ANGEL OF BROADWAY" A FINE GAIETY FILM.

Judging by thc «atislied remarks made at its initial screcning on Wednesdav tliose wlio nttencl the iinal showing of the current hill at the popular Gaiety de Luxe Theatre should en.joy a real treat. The progranime on oifer is a douhle ieature oue with j tender romance, stirnng drama suui ■ wholesoine eomedy on the main tilm. j The "Angel of Broadway" a tio .Mille ! feature production at the mo-t ghunor- | ous type with charniiiig Leatrice doy | in tlie grcatcst role of. her earccr supi ported bv a noteworthy east inelnding j Victor Vareoni and Aliee Lakiu A beautiful daueer in a nignt : eiulj she wou the adulation of all — : known tis the Angel of Broadway, she j deeonites a production which is cxtra- ; ordinary in every wav. Sct-ne after Isiene filled with drama. patho.s tlirills land lnughter— a production at oncc beautiful — rcalistic, charmiiig and satisiying— its magic spell will enthrall hoth young and oTd. Fxquisite — elovajting — cmobling — a nioral stiiiiulant i without heing a prcachment. Tlie c-reeil | of the "Angcl" was "You have 1o ! shock 'eni to get hy" and she did her best- to live up to tliose principles. The gayest danccr 011 the Great While Way — she syiicopaied hvmii.s — laugh ?d ;r religion — scofl'cd at pravei — imtil fac-ed with the great realities of lile. 'I'he glamour. night-cluh revue--syneopating orcliestrn. spot light.s rceklcss gaiety — tlie allure of jazz — inciclents otf-stage of tlie hrighest an 1 peppiest sltow on Broadway — with I.catrice Joy in dazzling arrav— a ter1 ifie climax — the night club dancer callod to the hedside of the (lying, women of the streets — ihe going througli with her errand of niercy. Sucli is tlie oxciting nielodraiua tn.it is numbered amongst tlie most enter-! taining that ha.s heen constructed hy I Universai from tlie original screon storv t hy William Lester, "Plmntom Fingers" (' Pliin Fingers") with William Cody and Diianc Thompson as the featured players. ^ A lengthy eomedy and tlie; hitest Fnglish and American topicals i complete a wonder night'is cntcrtain-' ment, which must reeord capacity busi- j ness througliout its season. "OUT OF THE RUTXS," AND "NOT 1 Q UITK A L A D V ' ' — G A 1 ET V. A romance of Paris— gav, mad, j Paris a.s it lnis novcr heen sceii. Paris. ! with its cafes, its night elubs, its I strauge love pacts. Sir Pliilip Gihhs. ! nuthor of "Out of thc Buins," Ricliard | Bartheliuess' new First National jiic- j ture which will be sccn at tlie Gaiety j De Luxc Theatre to-niorrow, Satur-dav. j eommeiu'ing at the. grand niatinee, is i one of the most noted British authors i and war correspondents. Asido from i noychs and many short stories, he has ' written soiue of the most authorita- j tive material on the great coiTflict. j "Out of tlie Iluins" is higlily dranintic j and eontains oue of tlie most ]ioig-i nant love stories over coneeived. Barthelmess has prettv Marian Nixon as his Jeading woman in the pieture and she ma kea a deeidedly beautiful French girl. .Tolm Franeis Dillon. wlio dircct-

ed "Out of the Ruins," paid particular attention to the French atmosphere and the effeet r-rcated is perl'ect, espeeiallv in sceiies in Paris and in the cafes and homes of the denizens of the great metropolis. Adajited from St. .Jolin Hankin's stage play "Tlie Cassilis Eugagenicnt." tho feature "Not Quite a Lady" is claimed as heing Britain's finest attempt at eomedy. Beneath the eomedy is tlie requisite toueh of patlios, which is skilfully interwoven, and one l'oels all tlie timo that one is in contaet with liuman bcings, not mere puppets. Alabel Po-ul-ton. the popular English actress, giies a iine performanee as tlie dainty little cabaret star, wlio gave up her i'riends l'or society, but found that she was not wanted amongst her lover's people. Opposite her is Alaunce Braddell, wlio plavs the part of the wealtliy young lover, wlio is supported by Barbara Gott, Janefc Alexander and George Bellamy. Barbara Gott must be crodited for lier excellent eomedy. which she supplies throughout the 1 production. Another seiisational chaj)- ] ter of "Tarzan tlie Miglitv" and tlie s iatest topicals complete one. of tlie I linest pictorial entertainments placed hel'ore a Napier audieuce for sonie | considerable time ]iast. Seats mav be j reserved at Hyde's or by ringing j 'phone 2-3-11 or 3809. No extra cliarge j for booking.