“MONS”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 182, 22 October 1927, Page 16

“MONS”

AT STRAND NEXT WEEK The memorable days of August and September, 1914, will live gloriously in the history of England, but if with passage of time the vivid and human side of the story, of the Old Contemptibles has dimmed a little, “Mons," the all-British production which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is distributing in New Zealand, and which comes to the Strand Theatre next Thursday, brings back as no other medium could the memory of those fateful days. This picture should be seen by every man, woman, and child in the Empire, not only for its patriotic appeal, but because it warms the heart and stirs every emoton into action. Opening with the departure of the British Expeditionary Forces for France, it moves on in a succession of thrilling ©vents to the glorious retreat. Among many heroic incidents, the screen reproduces Major Tom Bridges’ rally of the exhausted soldiers at St. Quentin, where men almost too tired to take another step were led forward to the rat-a-tat-tat of a little toy drum. Like the rest of this film, this has been filmed simply, without comment or sentimental emphasis, yet with surprisingly dramatic effect, that will hold the most blase picture-goer in its spells. “Mons” was directed by Captain Walter Summers, D. 5.0., MC., M.M., which accounts for its vivid genuineness—Summers being with the Old Contemptibles throughout the retreat. The War Office acted in cooperation with the producers, with the result that authentic details are bro Light into the picture.