“OUT ALL NIGHT”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 258, 21 January 1928, Page 23

“OUT ALL NIGHT”

There is Punch in Denny's Latest . O’BRIEN THEA TRES SECURE COMEDY ‘■OUT ALL NIGHT,” IS THE TITLE OF THE LATEST REGINALD DENNY COMEDY. IT WILL BE PRESENTED VERY SOON AT THE PRINCESS. AND TIVOLI THEATRES UNDER THE O’BRIEN MANAGEMENT. DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE IS AN ENGLISHMAN, AND THAT HIS TYPE OF WORK IS CHARACTERISTIC OF THE BEST ENGLISH COMEDY, DENNY IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR STARS IN AMERICA TO-DAY.

During the war Denny was a member bf the British Royal Flying Corps and ho still maintains one of the fastest airplanes on the Pacific Coast.

He owns a speedy motor-boat that has won several important races and only a few months ago he startled everyone by going hunting for mountain lions with nothing but a bow and arrow.

In “Out All Night” he portrays the role of a wealthy young man, who meets, woos and marries the girl of his heart all in one evening, or rather one night. The innumerable comedy situations that are caused when an attempt is made to keep the marriage a sceret during an ocean voyage should provide one of the most hilarious hours of entertainment imaginable. Denny’s own inimitable sense of comedy value is predominant throughout and the climax is thrilling and unusual.

The leading feminine role is played by Marian Nixon, popular and talented young actress, who is once more appearing with Denny, her last having been In “Rolling Home.” One of the largest and best known casts of featured players ever to sup-

port a star appears in the picture. Wheeler Oakman, one of screenland’s best leading men, returns as the villain of the picture, while others are Dorothy Earle, Ben Hendricks, Junr., Dan Mason and Lionel Braham. The story was written by Gladys Lehman and adapted for the screen by Marcel Perez

and John Diltz. William A. Seiter, who has directed Denny in virtually every one of his biggest successes, was once more at the megaphone. “That fellow never tire©,” remarked Seiter on the set one afternoon, whfcn Denny had just rushed by in an effort to catch a handball someone had thrown his way. "I have seen him keep going continually for 15 or 20 hours at the same pace, with never a thought of relaxing. Less than a month after he was operated on for appendicitis this spring, he was chasing all over his summer camp in the High Sierras. It is only his remarkable condition and constant training that enables him to keep going the way lie does.”'

“The Smart Set” will be the title for William Haines’s new starring vehicle, a comedy-drama of society life. Jack Conway is directing this production for Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, and Alice Day and Constance Howard have the leading Richard Dix has recovered from a recent attack of influenza, and has resumed'work on “The Travelling Salesman.” Gertrude Qlmstead is his leading woman and Malcolm St. Clair is directing this film. All uncertainty about “Lea Lyon,” the Viennese play, is now.at rest. Ivan Moskine and not Joseph Schildkraut will play the Prince. Mary Philbin and not Lya de Putti will play the Rabbi s daughter, and Nigel de Brulier and not Rudolph Schildkraut or Conrad Veidt, either, will play the Rabbi.