HIPPODROME AND EMPRESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 73, 17 June 1927, Page 15

HIPPODROME AND EMPRESS

“WINGS OF THE STORM” It was Maeterlinck who- said that in all the immense crucible of nature there is not another living being that has shown the same suppleness of form or. plasticity of spirit as that which one soon discovers in a dog. In the feature photodrama now at the Hippodrome and Empress Theatres, “Wings of the Storm,” there is depicted a remarkable story of a dog’s triumph over nature. It is, in a sense, a picturisation of the thought expressed by the noted Belgian author ajid playwright. In the role of the dog who is a weakling at birth, the runt of the litter of thoroughbred police dog puppies, and whose development is directly dependent upon his environment ahd treatment, Thunder, a beautiful police dog, gives a clean-cut, vividly impressive performance. It is a Fox Films production, directed by J. G. Blystone, to whom unstinted praise is due for the fine spiritual quality and scenic beauty of the cinema. Exteriors for the film were made in the picturesque region centring about Mount Rainier in Washington. Virginia Brown Faire, Reed Howes and William Russell appear in the human drama that is the background for Thunder’s activities. The Hippodrome Theatre is screening as its second feature the Fox production of Elenore Meherin’s novel, “Sandy.” Special matinees will be held at the Hippodrome and Empress on Saturday afternoon.