“Les Miserables”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 335, 21 April 1928, Page 23

“Les Miserables”

A FRENCH MASTERPIECE For the O’Brien Theatres “I ES MISERABLES,” Victor Hugo’s immortal classic, is L the next big attraction for the O’Brien theatres in Auckland. Universal claim, with considerable pride, that it is a worthy successor to “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” The fact that the O’Brien firm have secured this screen classic for Aucklanders is a tribute to their enterprise and claim that they will screen “nothing but the best.”

“T ES MISERABLES” is one of the greatest romances ever written. If Victor Hugo, celebrated French author and thinker, had never written anything else, he would always have occupied an honoured place in the world of letters. It is a romance of revolution. It depicts the French people struggling against oppression, ready 'to sacrifice everything for liberty and justice. As for the love Interest, it is as sweet a tale as ever was told. It is France’s own interpretation of the tempestuous story of gay, glittering Paris —the city which has mothered so many revolutions. Paris in the turmoil of revolution — the Paris that exchanged a weak and

indulgent king for a quick succession of bloodthirsty dictators! Victor Hugo, by the power and imagery of his pen, made the reader walk beside the tumbril as it trundled its way through the streets of Paris with its unhappy burden for the guillotine. The Universal Film de France triumph actually brings the picture before your eyes in all its realism. “Les Miserables” was screened with much success abroad. It was as successful in America as it was in Europe. The film will be presented under the direction of Carl Laemmle.

A. part is promised Charlie Murray in ‘ The Boss of Little Arcady,” adapted from a Harry Leon Wilson story. Eddie Cline will direct. Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall are making - a plunge into vaudeville for picture purposes. In “Lady, Be Good” they appear as a magician and his assistant. Cullen Landis is the latest addition to the “Devil Skipper” cast for Tiffany - Stahl. The girl is Mary McAllister. Belle Bennett, Montagu Love, Malcolm McGregor and Gino Corrado are already at work on the Jack London story. Irene Rich has returned to Hollywood for work after a holiday in Hew York. She went to all the new plays and did some shopping on Fifth Avenue in preparation for a new Warner 3rothers picture this month.