GRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 238, 28 December 1927, Page 14

GRAND

“THE UNKNOWN” In “The Unknown,” which is now being shown at the Grand Theatre. Lon Chancy, greatest character player on the screen to-day, plays Alonzo the Armless, with consummate artistry. It is a role he alone could execute. He outdoes his marvellous performances in “The Unholy Three,” “The Road to Mandalay,” “Tell It To the Marines,” and even “Mr. Wu.” Joan Crawford, as Nanon. proves that stardom is but a short distance away. She is easily one of the most physically-perfect girls on the screen, and a splendid artist as well. Another player of great importance is Norman Kerry, as Malabar, the

A Scene from “TWO arabjan nights'* which is also being shown at the GRAND THEATRE strong man of the circus, and devoted lover of Nanon, although she constantly rebuffs him. When Alonzo hurls his glittering steel at the girl during their act in the circus ring, he is consumed with agony in case the Armless Wonder should for a moment lose his uncanny skill. the very commencement, “The Unknown” sweeps into a mighty flood of ever-pre-sent drama, which finally involves the ruin of the circus and the scattering of the performers to the four corners of the earth. Then the three, Alonzo, Nanon and Malabar, are the central figures in a series of grim events that bring the story to its crashing close.