CAPITOL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 256, 19 January 1928, Page 16

CAPITOL

“THE WAR HORSE” “The War Horse,” starring Buck Jones, will have its final screening at the Capitol to-night. The story is that of Gray Eagle, played by Silver Buck, and his master, Buck Thomas, played by Buck Jones. Gray Eagle is commandeered by the army and shipped to France. His master, after a vain effort to keep him, joins the army and follows him across.

It is in France that a very fine series of scenes are pictured showing the horse’s vital help in the great struggle. Gray Eagle, with his nearly human intelligence, is soon recognised as a genius a 1 aing horses, though in the beginning Yis beloved master is not with him. Soon, however, Buck and Gray Eagle find each other. And woven through the epic story of equine service in the cause of humanity, is the romance of Buck and a pretty ambulance driver Audrey Evans, played by Lola Todd. “The Drop Kick,” featuring Richard Barthelmess, will also be shown. “WINGS” GREAT AVIATION FILM The first intimate close-up ever given of the inside workings of aviation will be revealed in “Wings,” Paramount’s epic of the airmen in the World War. Despite the fact that flying is daily becoming a more important factor in human life, due to its very nature, there has been an isolation about aviation in the public mind that has always kept it more or less of a mystery. Landing fields are always far removed from population centres. When the flyer is in the air he is always a distant, phantom-like character, moving m a world unknown to the individual on the ground. He is the most romantic figure of the modern age, an inspiration to highest admiration and deepest envy through the daring of his exploits and the adventurous sphere in which he lives. In “Wings” he meets the public face to face for the first time. The audiences will see him as he is, behind the scenes, as he enters the cockpit, as he soars into the sky, far above the clouds, will be in the plane with him, will experience all the thrills of flight, the dangers, the terrors and the glories The picture has been made by men who know flying from the inside. William Wellman, the director, and John Monk Saunders, who wrote the story, were both battle-front flyers. . Richard Arlen, one of the leading men, was a member of the Royal Flying Corps. Charles Rogers, the other leading man. learned to pilot a plane and spent 78 hours in the air making the picture. Clara Bow, Jobyna Ralston, El Brandel and Richard Tucker are featured in the cast. Lucien Hubbard supervised the production.