CAPITOL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 273, 8 February 1928, Page 15

CAPITOL

TOM MIX IN “THE CIRCUS ACE” Tom Mix, celebrated Western ace, ha» one of the most stirring roles of his long screen career in “Th% Circus Ace,” a fast-moving drama. of the West, which is now being shown at the Capitol Theatre. Tom and Tony, catapulted into the very heart of circus life. find thrills

without number when the star determines to rescue a. beautiful performer from the schemes of Big Top workers who seek to dominate her. This is a picture for every member of the family, for Torn not only is perfectly at home in the tent scenes, but

puts Tony through some strenuous stunts in a whirlwind campaign against the plotters. Natalie Joyce, a beautiful girl of the old South, plays opposite Tom. Two of the most romantic artists on the screen are seen in First National’s ‘ Rose of the Golden West/’ which is the second feature on the programme at the Capitol. They are Mary Aster and Gilbert Roland, who play the leads in this George Fitzmaurice picture of early California. “SHAME” GILBERT’S ROAD TO FAME On© of the prominent vehicles in which John Gilbert rode along the cinema highway to stardom was “Shame,” a Fox photoplay of some years ago that has just been re-issued. It is a story of San Francisco. Alaska and the seas. Gilbert plays the part of a wealthy youth who is tortured by the belief he is half-caste.