"FLIGHT" AND "DONOVAN v. SARRON FIGHT" AT GAIETY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 55, 5 April 1930, Page 2

"FLIGHT" AND "DONOVAN v. SARRON FIGHT" AT GAIETY.

By the state of the box plans it looks as if the Gaiety De Luxe will not be quite large enough to accommo- • date the crowds wishing to attend this evening's performance to witness one of the most sensational and noteworthy programmes yet nresented since the adverrt of the talkies, and what is hej'alded as two of the most talked of and Iooked forward to picture s for some considerahle time. "Fliglit," the titanic Columhia production, the supreme all-talking drama of the air, which ranks as ihe classic of the screen's air dramas. a mighty story of love. honour, daring adventure, and thrilling action must he seen to be believed. "Fliglit" portrays in the inost amazing and sensational _manner the careors of "two flying-devil dogs" of the Marine Flving Coi-ps, in which Jack Holt and Ralnh Graves giy-e their greatest characterisations, while the ' romance, a beautiful love story, in which these two are interested, surrounds pretty little Lila Lee. Her characterisation in this role can also he classed as the greatet she has yet been seen in. Planes zooming, darting and sweping through the clouds _ in thrilling battle formations, tailspins, loop-the-loops, Immelman turns, parachute leaps, hazardous landings and death-defying exploits in endless variety, the like of which has never before been attempted in any picture, combine in making this a never-to-be-forgotten production, a thrill picture such as you get once in a lixetime, An exciting football game, a beautiful Damon ana Pythias friendship, a three-cornered love affair, the dramatisation of the Sandino rebel uprising; in Nicaragua, and the sensational air action, which outrivals anything yet attempted on the screen or any air pageant makes "Flight'^ the greatest all-talking aerial sensation ever attempted. Never has such interest been centred around any fistic battle as that of Tommy Donovan and Pete Sarron, but with' the coming of the film, which gives eveiy movement and second of the memorable fight, which took place at Wellington last Saturday, March 29, before an audience of . over 17,000 speetators, interest is now . running at fever heat amongst the followers of the fistic art. The film is all that is said of it and more, and is : easily the best fight picture -ever presented to any audience, which proves the verdict of the thousands of actual eye-witnesses, including the referee and ring-side officials. The whole . 15 rounds ara vividly and faithfully portrayed, giving a view far better than if one occupied ring-side seats. "In Dutch," a very charming coloured all-talking-singing number completes an antertainment which must pack this popular talkie rendezvous throughout its season. The box plans are at the , theatre. Reservations can also be obtained hy ringing 'phone 3809.