STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 141, 5 September 1927, Page 15

STRAND

TWO BRIGHT FILMS Brightness from the first note to e bar of theorchestra charac•ense.s the programme at the Strand eatre. The Strand Symphony OrS: under the direction of Eve m ~P ay ' s a sparkling interlude, o T t e ? Irish Melodies." In addition tivn Ki ' restins Strand Magazine, are whi..h K ,l ™ ture Pictures, the first of X?, "■ ' [ 1 1 Qfcl ■ old f ,! a hewers under a glass dome, - Wt..? ,° ned combination gas and otS n C ~ fixtures, an old footbiM-'- a • orse sofa, an old oaken r 'unnv „ a typical old-style well, mid - y ictorian furniture, hideous ugly pictures and misceltT nic khacks. recpivl is - * m Pression which one i n »«• es of the Tupper Springs Hotel tl« iri ner r P>ros -’ Production, "The Littello ?7 , Gi . ri *” starring Dolores Cosoountrv- ls a typical old-fashioned a him i resurt hotel, a queer place for und i° r citv cru °ks to congregate, and , re where we find them. n they have for being h,, fi vv ien the city gets too small to tr\’ lo *u m * tM ' n * obviously, the counlfth«he. only hoal thy place. ' lor , ot tho hotcl is u n-ly, its s ycHri° r certuml y 13 not:. Beautiful old ..im ‘?f ft > i reess hang over it. Vines ■ ' • *'md > ellow roses the o . 1 lts Perch and the arbor in Pl aur° Urtyard - * n 1,10 centre is the r 00&K O old "-ell. The country "ouleH ah <>ut is gently rolling and little town nestling not verdure. Here of "The Lit- ‘ t'lrl * occurs, and it is said to '• f c-in UldinK and absorbing a story *he scr^ UIUi love as vvaß ever told on c|udj! ld t S i Costello the cast inhew T> Harron, Dot Farley, Matn la '° Alor;in » Gertrude Claire. Otff.tr J ?. ou li ng, Henry Barrows and a the best casts assembled for season au-(;p*^n-in I he Auctioneer,” Alfred K. H 'hu h • . prodl,cLion for Fox Films, s tra ~i nu als ° being shown at the • i< . Tl;*.- film is based on d stage play. the leading fem- ‘ is bound to gain new ful ~f ' 1 " r ibis popular and beautiaot.. :: r « " Sidney, atterlin - c ancl S( reen luminary, gives 'Tr, th Vi* p ‘‘ irorina nce in the title part. f ' u "Ulty lla '"h' s. who seems to have the hniv' ' i 'a;.:. retaining his popu\V ar ;.', pp*»site Miss Nixon, in tin* * onc ‘ °f the best “heavies" Llov 11 iV 1 is the “menace.” Doris PWiiihpri !l *h actress, who has *" films, sives a ■Rsa- ,rt ; 1 of tho auctioneer's Uteri-\ . ‘-'■••aen, of “what Price * u< - u * has a great part,