“WHAT PRICE GLORY”

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 56, 28 May 1927, Page 16

“WHAT PRICE GLORY”

COMING TO MAJESTIC ii* strand d The long-awaited fll m version of he-man comedy. What Price ri ' can be recorded as Fox’s triumph—and one of the pict^ U,: the year. With the stage swept aside—with Ra ou , " setting his camera to record the h passions, laughs of war. it sureiv easily takes on such broad as to place it among the elect v 5 of the vitality is lost in the tran* ence. It has been argued that r stage comedy would lose it, ! minus the hot profane the vivid calibre would not be t-uch is not the fact. There is a hM?? 1 man language employed—and th. words are not missed. * e cy »s The fllm adheres to the original i. its essential deta.ls— and lmo^ 1 upon it in the scope of its scene.S ’ the flavour of its atmosphere V sl fine treatment. The story build, * * ever-increasing interest. Curnishin. citement. thrills and laughter way. Victor McLuglen as the w!' boiled Captain Flagg gives a formance—and earns a place the best acting contributions 7? year. Dolores Del Rio as the girl * ' loved the two principal "leather-nic with equal fervour is captivating iTi*. role—and Edmund Lowe is view,” enough as the sergeant. It’sYh picture—a full-grown, robust B ictir. one that’s a delight to the eve u, heart and the pulse.

The cast includes Victor McLagi,. Edmund Lowe, Dolores Del Ri c \r liam, V. Mong. Phyllis Haver, W Fenton, Barry,Norton. Sammy CoheTed McNamara. August Tollair. director, Raoul Walsh.