STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 186, 27 October 1927, Page 17

STRAND

“MONS” TO-NIGHT The wonderful success achieved by the British picture “Mons” in London and throughout the British Isles was so marked that the fame of the production has preceded it to New Zealand. This is evidenced by the keen interest displayed in the shape of brisk booking for the season, which opened at the Strand Theatre this afternoon. Bombardier A. G. Jenkins, R.H.A., who fired the first shell in the Great War, is associated with the picture and will, in the nature of a foreword, speak of the retreat from Mons in brief. Very few pictures that have been brought to New Zealand have been accompanied by such high credentials from the Press of the Old World as those which eulogise “Mons.” Of all the glorious memories of the war, to be remembered even when its horrors and miseries are faded, one of the most glorious is still the earliest —the old army’s retreat from Mons. Those 50,000 men who, day after day, fought and wore down their enemy, turning at last with their French allies to hurl back his masses from the Marne, gave a new nobility to the word “contemptible.” A stirring patriotic overture, especially arranged by Eve Bentley, will precede the actual screening of the picture. Special matinees will toe given daily at 2.30, when Bombardier Jenkins will also appear. A strong supporting programme composed of a Strand Magazine of the latest world events, an Aesop Fable cartoon, and a comedy makes an attractive feature of the programme. So popular was the special film, “Famous Parisian Dances,” screened last week, that the management is presenting another film, “Cabarets of Paris,” in which some of the most popular dances are displayed by famous Parisian experts.