NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 163, 30 September 1927, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“FOURTH COMMANDMENT” Motion picture directors frequently produce mm dramas that hold no personal interest for them other than the desire to make a successful picturisation of a story. They regard the making of motion pictures as an indusuj and. mix the dramatic and comedy ingredients much after the manner of a oaker or chemist. Not so with Emory Johnson. He had a message to place before the public and he strove to tell is as forcefully as possible. The result is shown in “The Fourth Commandment," a Universal production, to be shown at the New Regen Theatre to-night. Realising the import of the message he cast motion picture precedence aside and, oblivious to the cheap mechanics of film-making, he produced what critics have pronounced one of the dramatic triumphs of the year. Hidden in the immortal words of the fourth commandment, "Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother” is the great message Emory Johnson has striven to send forth on the screen. "The message is to all humanity, and particularly to mothers, wives, sons and daughters, who must guard against the cnaos which comes when the humble home or mansion is too small for mother and wife,” explains the director. The supporting programme will include another of the Music Master series, "The Life and Work of Handel.” Appropriate selections from the great composer’s works will be rendered with full orchestral and organ accompaniments. A Buster Brown comedy, Pathe coloured review, including scenes of the sapphire cities of Italy, an Aesap Fable cartoon, and the Regent Review of world events will complete the programme. New musical numbers will be played by Eddie Horton and the New Regent Operatic Orchestra under the direction of Maurice Guttridge.