PRINCE EDWARD

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 266, 31 January 1928, Page 15

PRINCE EDWARD

FEATURE PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT A pistol duel at four paces with a girl watching, a dagger poised at her heart ready to end her life if her sweetheart is killed, forms one of the high dramatic points in “Two Arabian Knights,” to be seen at the Prince Edward Theatre to-night. "Two Arabian Knights,” despite this exciting incident and others like it, is not a heavy drama. It is a comedydrama, packed with swift moving and laughable situations, depicting the adventures of two American soldiers at the close of the war. In escaping from a German prison camp in Arab attire they find their disguise leads them into so many unusual circumstances chat they often wish they were back in the comparative safety of the camp. William Boyd plays the principal part. Mary Astor is cast opposite him and the character part, of equal importance to* the two leads, is in the hands of Eouis Wolheim, stage star and original Captain Flagg of “What Price Glory?” when it was first presented in New York.

“The Gay Retreat,” Fox Films feature war comedy, which will also be screened to-night, is said to be one of the biggest laugh films of the year. Gene Cameron, Sammy Cohen, Ted McNamara, Judy King, Betty Francisco, Holmes Herbert, Jerry the Giant and Charles Gorman are included in the cast. Ben Stoloff directed the production.