STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 300, 10 March 1928, Page 14

STRAND

“SORRELL AND SON"

Herbert Brenon’s reputation for unusual and exceptionally good cannot fail but increase immensely by virtue of his latest picture, “Sorrell and Son,” which is entering on the second week of a most successful season at the Strand Theatre. Mr. Brenon aims to give his audience something to think about, other than the conventional and inevitable love story. The love interest is there, but it is woven delicately into the fabric of the story and assumes its proper perspective. Picture-goers will remember the whimsicality of “A Kiss for Cinderella,” and the poignant emotion and thrilling action of “Beau Geste.” “Sorrell and Son,” though different, will be remembered quite as long as either of those great stories. The picture deals with the affection of father and son; unselfish sacrifices by a father that his son may find the cream of life. There is the everpresent thought that “Sorrell and Son” is not a picture of imaginary happenings, which tears the emotions.

When Warwick Deeping wrote the book from which the picture is adapted, he knew that Sorrell’s case was a reflection of the lives of thousands of incapacitated and gallant exofllcers. If. B. Warner, as Captain Sorrell, M.C., gentleman porter, is excellent as is also little Micky Mcßan as his son Kit. Carmel Myers, as the objectionable Flo Palfrey, scores a complete success, while Louis Wolheim as the brutal Buck is responsible for one of the best pieces of character work of the picture. As an atmospheric prelude, Mr. Ernest Snell’s fine voice was heard to advantage in Henley’s “Invictus.” The Strand Symphony . Orchestra, under the baton of Eve Bentley, played sympathetically the score which had been arranged for the picture in America. An interesting Nev/ Zealand scenic film is “Cape Kidnappers,” showing the gannet rookery, and the thousands of birds that infest the district*