The Show's The Thing

NZ Truth, Issue 1201, 6 December 1928, Page 16

The Show's The Thing

TT IS REPORTED that Nancy Carroll ■"• and Richard Arlen are making "Manhattan Cocktails" with sound. Sometimes we've met up with folks who drank them that way. But the indications m this case are that a "talkie" is on its way to N.Z. -# * * THE Story of "The Four Feathers" has a real thrill or two concealed about its person. It's -an earlier and better "Beau Sabreur," but written by ari author of far more genuine worth than Wren.-- Mason is* his name. Dick Arlen, Fay Ray' and Noah Beery do their best. ' . - EVERYTHING- except the longEl defunct rats ."of the bad old days was retrieved from people's murky cellars for •■"The 'Docks- of New York"— or so producers tell us, though, to the unsophisticated,, one cobweb, looks much like another. 'George Bancroft does'the-tavern-frequenting-bits. ADOLPHE MENJOU is appearing m ** "His Private Life." It's not every man with a moustache like that who can afford to, but we suppose he knows best. After that "The Beauty Doctor" is-to; prdvWe'imeans-forvthe alluring: of lQvely'.i&tif&V- 1 :: I *.. •&* $£&-.*■ f;;'-^ v ■••*. ."-.:■. •■•~'.V -'':- : rV/;^ *;•?•;■ >,V;V*v :^; TU^iURICBvIMO'SGOVITCHtrs bver^ in. IVI/^Wb/u^S-r-dyihg^ agai"n,;.this ■•• tinie froto : 'an^§b.ite-^l:n^'Th^ Silent House;" tTil-ough^'lwhbse S^liaftwa. Wellirfj&on, Is evientuallyf>expe'c.ted^o ! pe^p.. . 'K^fev.b^en; exiialniriff^ibr cr,itlca-.tliat .lqy,e:4scenes: ariid •d4'at'K' .aceneataUe'>t«e x hair.de%t m$W ttie^3£PksoiisM: vie-yv. <and ; ;l2iat ?h^ cbt 1^ h^ : leaVned-tairfa;k^t)'ye''jhe^^doestift' sayV y f . „■} k v-** , ? : >V •tK?- r y : ■■-■ ':;"'-;6'/?QN.RAJp.iSjQp^p. 'wjipi us^lly^ plays. H' :; 'men wl thfj. pSsts,, .^i^jiti^il^'g ='her ey soon, m "The Man Who;' Laughs," for which Victor , Hugo was originally responsible. Whether he would think there is much to laugh about now is quite another matter. Mary Philbin is the little bit. of pathos. • ,

DRIBF, but it gets there, just the v same, is the way critics 'lesc/ibe Jean Arthur's costume of blacit sutiu shorts m her new show, which goea by the name of "Warming Up,'.' Let's hope there's lots m a name. • ■ # : #"-■•■ "CHOP-WORN ANGELS" is the name of . one m which Nancy, Carroll and Gary Cooper appear. . " Quite. » DOLA NEGRI is making a film called A "Loves of an Actress."' So we confidently expect to be bored; but sometimes the unexpected happens, and on the rare occasions when she forgets about how .tragic, her, eyes and her heart attacks are, Pola hath pep.' - m ' #' "."'# tTMIL - JANNINGS, marvellous man— • Lj if you look' at him long enough he almost makes you forget, his waistcoat — stars yet again m "The Patriot." This time, he's •• a -mad Czar. If his performance is as good as was his characterization of Nero, some of our sweet young things will be thinking, m the near future, that Bolshevism isn't as red as it ought to have been. CWEET AGE, twenty-one. And does-. ■° . \.n:t-Mar.y - 'B ; E^anxKn.6^fc f ';^;^ne^fc^sV the 'lead i iri N . a : :piay;.. of 'that> v 'xuulrrici 'iwiejch.' • about- peach- b.'ldssbfnsV-i,. ■ •■■s;i*'*-'.-": t s%jV% ,-*• */^<* *■:>■■.% r :^?-''*vfc MAXE •■> TH I S RE M E D V i ; AT : H ? O I^TE* IT'S -p A- >■-. QRE AT/i'^<9.NESjSf .-j^A^Blttvj.g ■ ' " ' *'*'x ■■**. -V ' r * ' '''•'■» ' ' '^* : i^*- "••"■ '*'' '*-■•*< ' *» -*^' ! ; ' .'Thioußanfls t of j;-..peo.ple]lalVso.ver^ I^swj : Zeala.rjrd.: iate;. nb^v,v•^)^ai^irif:?! i thsfr; v Ja^'i^ 'cqug.h' "'jnedictne.- rTn^y* Use /'"Heefizp"' thy ; :f airiily ' cough 'and ' b^lcl ■|emS^f|e^i ■«ajuse74t-!rftakes;-'sov'nA.]ftchvan^;*cp§ts<*.ci| little.' One. bottle makes ■fanVpint, taus giving you eight bottles for the price of one. It is easy to prepare, too— just add a bottle of "Heenxo" to water and sweeten as per the directions on the ■ label. The mixture thus made is the finest and most effective specific for coughs, colds,' asthma, sore throats, bronchitis, and all throat and lung trouble's. Free from harmful drugs and pleasant to take. Can be gjven to the youngest member of the family. Obtainable everywhere at 2/6 a bottle. Keep .a bottle 1 m your home for emergencies.*