RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

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

RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

“COLLEEN” “Colleen,” Madge Bellamy’s latest starring vehicle for Fox Films, is a whimsical Irish picture which was made under the direction of Frank O’Connor, an Irishman by birth. The story itself, while simple in plot, is filled with clever and amusing situations. The action starts out in Ireland, where the O’Flynns, an impoverished remnant of th© Irish nobility, are gathering all the money they can gather to take their horse “Colleen” to America and enter her in the International Sweepstakes. They borrow* the money from their good friends the Kellys, whose w*ealth and thrift are by-words in the country and whose horse Nora is Colleen’s only rival. Just before the O’Flynns leave they quar.rel with th© Kellys who follow them to America to enter Nora in the race for spite. Fate now takes a hand in the situation. The O’Flynns lose the entrance money and have to pawn Colleen forv her own entrance fee and the race settles down to a decisive fight between the two families. But the older members of the family reckon without th© love between the son and the daughter of the families. In the end the gallant Terry O’Flynn throws the race to Sheila Kelly, who is riding Nora —and th© belligerent elders divide the purse, since “it’s all in the family anyhow.” “The Circus/’ written, directed, produced and acted in its chief role by Mr. Chaplin, is finished, cut and titled. It took Charlie Chaplin two years to make “The Circus,” it takes one hour to view it. • • • Master Pictures announce that the Bert Lytell feature, “Alias the Lone Wolf,” will be one of the company's most pretentious offerings for the coming year. Mr. Lytell, who is considered one of the greatest portrayers of crook roles is an especially ideal choice for the part of Michael Lanyard, b«cause he is identified in the mind of picture-goers as the creator of “The Lone Wolf,” one of the most romantic crooks of modem fiction. Lvtelt first introduced this character to the screen about 10 years ago, when he made his motion picture debut in the screen version of “The Lone Wolf.” When "The Lone Wolf Returns” was filmed, Bert Lytell was cast for the title role, and his success therein naturally led to his selection for he leading role in “Alias the Lone Wolf,” the latest of the Vance novels of this .series,