BRITANNIA
‘THE LIFE OF RILEY” “The Life of Riley” will be shown at the Britannia Theatre to-night. Splendid comedy characterisations are provided for George Sidney and . Charlie Murray as
iviunay ci.es police chief and fire chief respectively, of a small town. Myrtle Stedman enacts the role of a charming widow to whom they both pay court; Stephen Carr and June Marlowe carry on a pretty junior romance ; Sam Hardy is a picturesque shaper and villain, and Edwards Davis has an excellent supporting part. Myrtle Stedman is the prize for which the two famous comedians and the official villain, Sam Hardy, strive, and another interesting role is enacted by Edwards Davis. The picture has a riot of background colour which includes parades, circus, carnivals, fires, and other “big events” in its small town locale.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280227.2.124.4
Bibliographic details
Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 289, 27 February 1928, Page 13
Word Count
133BRITANNIA Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 289, 27 February 1928, Page 13
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Sun (Auckland). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in