AMUSEMENTS.

Hokitika Guardian, 19 October 1928, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

EVERYBODYS PICTURES.

“THE LONE EAGLE TO-NIGHT.

From the outskirts of’ the extra ranks to one of the niost-sought-ntfter leading men in the industry, in less than two years, is the meteoric rise of Ray mend Keane, who with Barbara Kent is featured in the Universal Pro“The Long Eagle,” which has been booked to he shown at the Princess Theatre this evening. Keane, a handsome young fellow of the Latin type, was borii itt Denver 23 yeti Sr ago. After a season with a stock company iii that city he moved to Hollywood t r try liis hand at the movies. Although a. good actor he suffered the same fate as thousands of others wlio journey to the movie mecca and spent many a dav woudering whether it wouldn’t be better to return home. Just when things seemed darkest, Keane was given a small part in a Universal picture. So well did he screen, that he was placed under a long-term contract' and given a complete course of screen training. His first chance came when lie was picked to play a featured role in Laura La Plante’s starring vehicle, “The Midnight Sun.” His success in that picture is now history and his rise since rapid. in “The Lone Eagle” he has the most important role he lias yet enacted and, according to critics, carries the part like a veteran. .In addition', thete is Barbara Kent; in the featured feminine role, Nigel Barrie, Jack Pennick, Donald Stuart and others. “The Lone Eagle” is a screen versidn of the story, “Winged Victory,” by Lieutenant Ralph Blanchard. The adaptation was made by Mrs Emilit Johnson and the continuity written by John B. Clyrner.