PRINCESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 170, 8 October 1927, Page 15

PRINCESS

“THE COLLEGIANS”

Lively, wholesome, and exhilarating, is the two-reel Junior Jewel produc- ! tion, “The Collegians,” ’which opened this week at the Princess Theatre Brilliant, and flashing with the light cares and joys of the students in a coeducational college, the picture make.* the oldsters tingle with memories anc , the youngsters with hopeful bliss ! This picture is one of a series, but it j is not a serial, for each story is com- I plete in itself. If the others are any - thing like this one the bright comedy- ! dramas of “The Collegians” series have been properly named Junior 1 Jewel productions, for nothing has been spared in making them equal in every way to the best feature length pic ture. George Lewis has been well chosen for the featured lead. He is ideally cast in the character of a youth from the country, with a strong athletic bent and a thirst for college life, but no money. He enters the co-ed school, financed with nothing but faith and hope. His adventures are exciting and laughable from the beginning to the end of the story. mother, while Queen Mary solicitously held an umbrella above their heads. The Government Publicity Office again preaches to New Zealanders the doctrine of “Know your own country first!” by taking them for a trip to the West Coast via Nelson and the Sounds. The display of such films abroad wi 1 also do more to encourage overseas visitors than all the paid “spruikers.” Eve reviewed the world at large in her usual entertaining manner, the Fox studios provided “The Silent Vow.” a comedy unusually original with pretty Kathryn Perry in the lead, and J. Whiteford Waugh and his orchestra did full justice to Verdi’s “Forces of Destiny.” Christina Ormiston found ample variety for her sweet soprano in “A Birthday,” “I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls” (“The Bohemian Girl”), and the Negro lullaby, “Little Curly Headed Babe.” Vincent Aspey was responsible for the violin obbligato.