ROUND THE SHOWS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 128, 20 August 1927, Page 16

ROUND THE SHOWS

SUNDAY EVENING CONCERT STRAND THEATRE The promoters of the Sunday concerts at the Strand Theatre will present to-morrow a special high-class musical and vocal programme by the leading professional artists of Auckland. Musicians of note and the public generally have already expressed their appreciation of the programmes recently submitted at the Strand Theatre on Sunday evenings, and the management announce that to-morrow’s concert marks the fiftieth anniversary. Miss Gladys Vincent, violinist, will play “Hungarian Dance” (Brahms) and other selected items. The Lyric Quartette will sing “The Long Day Closes” (Long) and a special tenor solo will be given by Mr. Arthur Ripley. Another member of the popular Lyric Quartette, Mr. Alan McElwain, is on the programme for one of his inimitable recitations. The Salon Trio will render chamber music and a ’cello solo will be played by Mr. Francis Bate, Mr. Howard Moody accompanying the trio at the pianoforte. Miss Myra McLeod, contralto, will also contribute to the programme during the evening. Other leading artists will also appear, which should make the programme an outstanding musical treat for the Auckland public. The Sunday Concert Orchestra, of 25 members, will render selections during the evening. A collection will be taken and the concert is due to start at 8. RICH, BUT HONEST YOUTH AND CHARM Nancy Nash and Marjorie Beebe, possessing youth and charm, have prominent roles in the Fox attraction “Rich But Honest,” now being directed by Albert Ray from the Cosmopolitan Magazine story by Arthur Somers Roche. In the film Miss Nash, featured with Clifford Holland, appears in a revue as the renowned Lady Godiva. All the settings reflect the atmosphere of noted paintings which reveal the graceful lady on her illustrious ride. A recent screen acquisition, Nancy Nash scored a hit in the feminine lead of the Fox offering “Upstream.” Marjorie Beebe, whose native heath is Kansas City, Mo., is cast as Nancy’s chum. Miss Beebe also played in “Ankles Preferred” and the “Holy Terror.” She received her training as a comedienne on the vaudeville stage. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer are making "The Trail of ’98,” with Renee Adoree, Harry Carey and Karl Dane.

THE GRAND “TIN HATS” There were a few, a very few men who were just the least bit disappointed and disgusted to think they never had an oppor-

tunity to get into the World War argument. It is about these few that Edward Sedgwick spun his rollicking yarn, ‘Tin Hats.” The story concerns three typical soldiers of the Allied Army, who arrive in the front line trenches just in time to hear the referee announce

“That’s all there is, there isn’t any more.” However, the plot thickens when they are sent into Germany with the army of occupation, and their subsequent adventures make the war look like three acts of a riotous farce. Claire Windsor as Elsa Von Bergen, a titled German girl, is the heroine of the story, and with Conrad Nagel supplies the love interest. DRAMATIC SCENE RICHARD ARLEN IN “WINGS” “One of the most dramatic, heartbreaking scenes in the history of motion pictures.” This was the tribute paid by studio officials to Richard Arlen, one of the featured leading men of “Wings,” Paramount’s epic of the aviator in the war, concering his portrayal of one of the most dynamic episodes of the picture. The scene was photographed thousands of feet above the earth, with Arlen as the pilot of a plane, visualising the realisation that he will inevitably be shot down to his death under the most tragic circumstances, just when salvation seemed at hand. The scene is a close-up taken through the lens of an automatically operated camera, strapped just behind the cockpit of the plane. Arlen had to be his own director in the episode, as he was far beyond even radio communication and his portrayal of the frenzied, despairing pilot is declared to be breathtaking in its power. Clara Bow, Charles Rogers, Jobyna Ralston and Arlen head the brilliant cast of the big film, which is being directed by William Vellman, with Lucien Hubbard, Paramount featured producer, supervising.

“CAMILLE” FIRST NATIONAL MASTERPIECE The greatest charmer in history, the greatest lover in fiction, the idol of Paris, and the beautiful toast of the gay city, has been brought to the screen to the delight of all those who have sighed over Dumas’ wonderful romance, In First . National’s luxurious modern version of this great classic beautiful Norma Talmadge has been given a role that fits her like the proverbial glove, and her characterisation of the frail beauty, whose entrancing loveliness raised her from squalor to sumptuous luxury as the extravagantly indulged mistress of her aristocratic lovers is a really outstanding performance. Dumas himself could hardly have bettered the choice of the exquisite Norma to interpret the role, and the fact that this screen version has been given a modern setting seems to lend a further glamour to the story. No liberties have been taken with the actual romance in the strikingly dramatic sequences, and the dramatic high-lights are thrilling in the extreme. Luxuriously produced, with some wonderful frocking featured throughout, this can really be termed a unique picture. “Camille” will be screened in Auckland shortly. Tod Browning, who can boast of extraordinary success as directorauthor of many of Lon Chaney’s most successful films, will again direct the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer star in a story written by himself, “The Hypnotist.” In “The Hypnotist” Chaney will have one of the most unusual roles of his diversified career, that of a Russian peasant caught up in the whirlwind of the red revolt, gaining tremendous power for himself. * * * Raymond Griffith, Paramount star, is a descendant of one of the longest lines of actors of any screen player in the industry. His mother, an actress, was Marie Sousa Griffith, and his father, an actor, was James Henry Griffith; Griffith’s grandfather, Gerald Griffith, was also an actor, and so was his great-grandfather, Thomas Griffith. Raymond recently completed his latest picture, “Wedding Bills.”