RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 282, 18 February 1928, Page 16

RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

“BRIGADIER GERARD” In “Brigadier Gerard,” a new De Mille romantic picture, which stars Rod La Rocque, and is being shown at the Rialto and Regent Theatres, Miss Haver portrays a beautiful countess, a confidant of Napoleon. In this screen version of Conan Doyle’s famous novel. Miss Haver, while on an important mission for Napoleon, encounters La Rocque in the little rural village of Andorra, in the Pyrenees. He is an innkeeper’s grandson, and loves to fight. He had an unquenchable yearning to enlist in the battle-tried forces of Napoleon. Circumstances require that she enlist La Rocque’s aid, ana he is involved in her mysterious activities.

Later, through his bravery and daring, he wins the heart of the countess and the sincerg friendship and gratitude of Napoleon. Prominent in the supporting cast are Julia Faye, Sam De Grasse, Max Barwyn, Clarence Burton, and Sally Rand. The second feature at the Princess and Tivoli will be “Home Made,” starring Johnny Hines. A splendid cast of players and comedians appears in support of Johnny Hines, with Margery Daw in the leading feminine role. Others figuring prominently are Edmund Breese, De Witt Jennlhgs, Charles Gerard, Margaret Seddon, and Maud Turner Gordon. An extra treat is promised in the appearance of Johnny’s pets, Loretta, his parrot, and Buster, his dog.

“Home Made” is declared to be the funniest comedy Johnny Hines has ever made, giving the comedian an opportunity to appear as a country boy ,a Pullman porter, a ladies’ maid, a waiter in a hotel, and a high-powered jam salesman. In fact, the story deals with the successful attempt of Johnny to put his mother’s home-made jam on the retail market.