CLARA BOW IN "DANGEROUS CURVES" AT THE MAJESTIC.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 32, 10 March 1930, Page 2

CLARA BOW IN "DANGEROUS CURVES" AT THE MAJESTIC.

There is px'obahly no actress on the silver sheet to-day who has such a large following of admirers of both sexes as his Clara Bow, the titianhaix'ed .heroine of lxalf ■ a hundred screenic escapades, whose latest talking venture. _ "Dangerous Gurves," drew a capacity house to the popular Majestic on Saturday night for its pi'emiere in Napier. Tlxe versatile Miss Bow has in her time been in a diversity of _ characterisations, but in tlie production which caused such a furore on Saturday night slie appeared for the first time in her life in tbe interesting role of a circus equestrienne, one of those dainty little ladies who gallop x*oxxnd the ring on a piehald stallion. There were many in Saturday night's audience who, prior to the performance, expx'essed tlxem7 selves _ as _ douhtful as to The ability of their idol to 'handle a role which called for aeting of .tlxe definitely serious variety, hnt the^ were not left long in doubt after the start of the production. Miss Bow. normaliy seen as an extraordinary niixture of vigour and vivacity, hreathing the very essence of fiapperdom's code, handled her new role in a nxanner which called. for admiration even from the most carping critic. As the dainty bare-back rider, in love with tlxe deb'onair Hichard Arlen, in this picture performing on the tight rope. she had her many admirers almost speechless with enthusiasm. displaying her old talents in a new light. She was still in many ways the little flapper whoni film fans admired so much on the silver sheet, but she was - a more _ seriously-minded example of the species than usual. She was thoroughly at home as the striving little tx'ouper who was not satisfied with hex* success as a bareback rider. but who has ambitions in other fields. She pi'actised courageously on tlxe tight rope in order to be near the man she lovec! ancj finallywon laurels as a clown wire perfox-mer. Tlxe _ picture was a hundred per uexxt talking production and the quality of the reproduQtibn was so perfect that it left not the slightest loophole for criticisin. _ The first dialogue picture with a circus background, "Dangerous Curves" will eqx'tainly go down to history as one of the hest yet produced. An excellent line uf) of supports included a very fine showing of the .ceremony of trooping the eolours, 1929, and an especiallv interesting instalnxent of the talking gazettes, etc. The whole programme was splendidly balanc'ed and redolent of entertainment.