“THE LIFE OF RILEY”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 253, 16 January 1928, Page 13

“THE LIFE OF RILEY”

MYRTLE stedman as the WIDOW Murray and George Sidney, inimitable humorists, are co--2 1 ** 1 in First National’s mirthProvoker, “The Life of Riley.” Myrtle z?j®man enacts the role of a beautiful for whom the famous comedy are rivals. “Riley,” the character •Pieted by Murray, is fire chief and * e *J er f* storekeeper in a small village, iJai Sidne y as “Meyer” is the chief of POuce and the ice man. A very funny, • conss i s tent, plot is woven round JJJr' ri „ valr y tor the* leading lady, and nen Sam Hardy as a side-show in ' l 5_ trcua » monies to town, things move *«t and furious. The circus baoK«rotmd affords some screamingly hilarisequences, and elephants and <uneiß, wild men and bearded women, ow ns and hula girls in these thrilling vie with a cartload of Oreorks, exploding among the principal payers, a riot and a village fire, in Providing comedy and thrills, f c °urse there are plenty of fires ' M l * le ® re department, and police for the police department, and **Mn*erous clashes between the two departments featured in this really fine ">medy-classic. June Marlowe as the _**#theart of “Meyer’s” son, has a y*® which she interprets with considcleverness, while a strong supcast do their shares in proiding extra mirth in this great laughPfovoker. ®f vera l old California missions. Y®cted in the 18th century and still in repair, were used as settings scenes of Richard Dix’s new Parastarring picture. “The Gay De«ader,” laid against the background 1 famous gold rush in 1849. Peters and Herbert Prior. JJracter actors, have been cast to ft* y l be parts of German officers in t * Paramount production of “The *° n ' Condemned,” the air now being made as a sequel John Monk Saunders is ri l author and William Wellman the of both pictures.