PRINCESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 236, 24 December 1927, Page 13

PRINCESS

“THE DROP KICK” No motion picture star of to-day is better fitted to play the typical college boy than Richard Barthelmess. And Barthelmess is seen in this role in First National’s "The Drop Kick,” now at the Princess Theatre. As Jock Hamill, football hero at Shoreham College, Barthelmess enacts the college boy of to-day in "The Drop Kick.” The story deals with the trials and the V'ibulations of a football hero who, through circumstances, is suddenly plunged from his pedestal and fights iiis way back again. With dramatic action, comedy, the thrills of a great football game and the fast fun of college life running through the story, “The Drop Kick” is, one of the finest vehicles that this popular star has ever had. Barthelmess is supported bv a splendid cast including Barbara Kent, Dorothy Revier, Alberta Vaughn, Hedda Hopper, Brooks Benedict, George Pearce, James Bradbury, jun., Eugene Strong and many others. The football teams of Stanford and University of Southern California appear in the football game, and the Ten National College Stars recently chosen by First National in a nation-wide contest, also are seen. “The Perfect Clown,” Larry Semon’s latest comedy, which is also being screened at the Princess, provides a most pleasing role for the beautiful Dorothy Dwan. This capable artiste has appeared in several productions opposite the famous comedian, but “The Perfect Clown” is said to excel anything either of them have previously submitted. not farce. It is a guaranteed cure for an attack of the blues. “Mountain Trails,” depicting the glories of the Southern Alps, is undoubtedly one of the finest propaganda films for the tourist that the New Zealand Government has yet completed. For New Zealanders who know not their own country it must also have an apr-'al. The Majestic News is particularly newsy. Eve’s Review presents some nature studies of unique charm, and “Kid Tricks” features Big Boy, that amusing juvenile star of the screen, who vies with Snookums for popularity. Jackie Coogan in “The Bugle Call” is being screened at the day session “Tnc Cuckoo Clock Fantasy” describes the juvenile pantomimic offerin' - ” for the afternoons.