GRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 288, 25 February 1928, Page 14

GRAND

“THE UNBORN” Probably one of the most discussed psychological plays of its time is the special attraction which is now being shown at the Grand Theatre. Dealing with the great problem of birth control in a refined and dignified manner, “The Unborn” has created a stir wherever screened. Essentially a woman’s picture that has been described as “a page from a woman’s soul,” the film tells of events in the life of a small town girl, who marries a wealthy young business man from Chicago. Convinced by false friends that she is not good enough for him, the girl returns to her aunt in the country, broken-hearted and about to become a mother. Her husband, convinced that she has deserted him, divorces her, and is drawn into a marriage with a worthless woman of a fast set. The first wife’s baby is born in great poverty and without medical assistance, and becomes the sole care of the little mother. Meanwhile the second wife, surrounded with every care and expert< attention, rebels at the prospect of motherhood. Her husband discovers her pleading with the family doctou, and in a very tense dramatic scene denounces her for her cowardice. From here the story works up to- a tremendous climax, and is filled w/ith engrossing situations, superbly enacr.ted by a cast of sterling American players, including Alec B. Francis, Ca.sson Fergusson, Margaret Bannerman. and others. The production is by W/.lliam Christie Cabanne, the producer of. “Till We Meet Again” and other well-known successes. “Adam and Evil,” starring Lqrw Cody and Aileen Pringle is als.o being screened. “Wolf’s Trail,’’ a thrilling, story of the West, in which Universal is starring “Dynamite,” famous police dog, was written by Basil Dickey. Supporting “Dynamite” are Ed/mund Cobb, Dixie Lamont, Edwin Teury. Joe Bennett and others. The 'picture was directed by Francis Fox Vi.