“CAMILLE”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 156, 22 September 1927, Page 17

“CAMILLE”

REGENT TO-MORROW The filming of Alexandre Dumas’s famous love classic, “Camille/* the latest starring vehicle of Norma Tal - madge for First National, which comes to the New Regent for special presentation to-morrow, has given to the screen a variety of settings that are said by the foremost interior decorators to be the acme of luxury and comfort. Miss Talmadge’s “Camille” is the romance known to countless thousands of book lovers and theatregoers, portrayed in modern atmosphere, under conditions as they exist to-day in Paris. This modernisation of the French classic called for a degree of lavishness iri production that excels even the most elaborate of Miss Talmadge’s previous pictures.

“Camille’s” boudoir, as visualised in tli€i picture, is declared to achieve the ultimate in richness of decoration and furnishings, from the beautiful bod, with its black satin spreads* and pillows, to the smallest articles in evidence.

The celebrated “Lady of the Camellias’s” Persian bath, similarly, is a setting of rare beauty with its striking tile and marble effects, its colourful decoration and its gorgeous draperies. Other evidence of luxury are found in the ballroom and gambling-room, which serve as the scenes of an elaborate entertainment attended by the most spendthrift group of merrymakers in Paris. The revel is featured by a

“pageant of the sirens,” in which popular beauties p*ortray the notable heartbreakers for various periods in history. A superb special supporting programme will be featured with “Camille.” The beautiful score of the opera “La Traviata,” by Verdi, the story of which is the operatic version of “The Lady of the Camellias,” will be played by the New Operatic Orchestra as accompaniment to the picture, together with other splendid musical offerings arranged by Maurice Guttridge. At the mighty Wurlitzer Eddie Horton will play a selection of old favourites that never fade away, and a novel tv song cartoon, “Three O’clock in the Morning,” will be a feature. A special and inspiring' picture is that showing the opening of the new Menin Gate at Ypres with Lord Plumer, King Albert of the Belgians, and thousands of widows and bereaved mothers present. An A 1 St. John comedy, “Lister Lena,” a Regent British Review, a special travelogue, and oth€*r interesting features complete the bill. In view of the phenomenal Interest being taken in “Camille,” patrons should book early.

"Mons,” one of the most noteworthy of British films, distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, is not merely a picture of the war—it is a revelation of British fighting spirit, a noble record of the glories, the countless heroisms, and that marvellous sense of humour that distinguished those dark yet glorious days. Captain Walter Summers. D. 5.0., M.C., M.M., directed “Mons,” and every actor has army service to his credit- "