NEW REGENT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 184, 25 October 1927, Page 15

NEW REGENT

“THE FLAG LIEUTENANT” The Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Admiralty are not to be easily persuaded. When the producers of i “The Flag Lieutenant” asked for assistance of certain naval units, for the making of a production that was not propaganda for the navy, their request was looked upon with a very jaundiced eye. However, after careful examination of the story, my lords were pleased to give their full approval, and the way opened for this great naval drama. The assistance was in no grudging manner. Battleships, destroyers, seaplanes, seamen, marines—all werq placed at the disposal of Astra National. The keen and eager spirit, which exists in the whole of the navy personnel, animated officers and men, with the result that an excellent picture was made. “The Flag Lieutenant” tells the story of the friendship of two men. One a naval officer, successful and decorated, despite his short career. The other an officer of the marines, faced with retirement after a service of no outstanding merit. Then comes the big chance for the marine, and his friend keeps a silence which, if broken, would have meant a dashing of hopes to the ground. The picture is finely acted by a capable cast headed by Henry Edwards and Dorothy Seacombe. Maurice Guttridge is responsible for “Freedom’s Flag,” and the arrangement of patriotic airs played under his direction by the operatic orchestra. An interesting pictorial record of the life of the Prince of Wales from the time when, a slim, fair-haired lad, he was created Prince of Wales at Carnarvon, until his recent trips abroad as the Empire’s ambassador of peace, is also on this week’s bill. The programme was concluded by a Walter Heirs comedy and the Regent Magazine.