NATIONAL AND LYRIC
PROGRAMME CHANGES TO-MORROW
A picture of youth that will delight old as well as young is the Metro-Gdldwyn-Mayer production. ‘‘The Boob,” directed by William A. Wellman, which is coming to the National and Lyric Theatres to-morrow. It is heralded as one of the real comedy-dramas of the year, having for its theme the story of a youth who goes into the
world to remedy its Charlie Murray ills. George K. Arthur is playing a leading comedy role and Gertrude Olmsted and Joan Crawford appear as the feminine leads. Charlie Murray is also featured and has not a little to do with the many hilarious situations. Antonio D’Algy and Hank Mann complete the cast. The mirth-provoking marines of “What .Price Glory,” Sammy Cohen and Ted McNamara, have been teamed agaifi, this time in the featured roles of “The Gay Retreat,” Fox Films war comedy, which will also be shown at the National and Lyric Theatres tomorrow. This is a hilarious story of war days and Paris nights and is said to set a new standard in feature length war comedies. The story deals with a sleep-walking doughboy and the two pals who join the army with him to keep him from walking into No Man's Land in his sleep. Previews of this production have brought peals of delighted laughter from harderied critics.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 255, 18 January 1928, Page 15
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224NATIONAL AND LYRIC Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 255, 18 January 1928, Page 15
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