“MONS”
TO BE SHOWN AT STRAND A picture measures its greatness according to its theme, and as the theme of “Mons” is patriotism, it ranks right in front among the classics of the screen. Made in England by Englishmen, the new picture, which Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer is distributing in Australia and New Zealand, comes to the Strand Theatre on Thursday, and is an inspired piece of marvellous realism with every actor having army service to his credit. Under the direction of Captain Walter Summers, D. 5.0., M.C., M.M., nothing like it has been seen before by motion picture audiences. Summers does not moralise or dramatise “Mons,” but simpb r takes the spectator to France with the “Old Contemptibles” in the great days of August and September, ,1914, and leaves them to be thrilled by vividly portrayed events that range from Corporal Jarvis, R.E., blowing up the Jenappes Bridge under murderous fire, to the Crestline charge of the Highlanders. “Mons” has about it a genuineness and a reality that could only have been achieved by a director' who had actually lived and fought during the immortal retreat —more glorious than any victory.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 184, 25 October 1927, Page 15
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189“MONS” Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 184, 25 October 1927, Page 15
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