EMPIRE

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 338, 25 April 1928, Page 14

EMPIRE

“NOW WE RE IN THE AIR" The first feature on the program to be shown at the Empire Theatr* w “Wolfs Trail.” a thrilling story of t* West, starring "Dynamite,” the f* R ous screen dog. The story concerns a police dog, which, reverting to the xn ' type, terrorises the border neighbourhood. Simon Craft, a smuggler, beiiev. ing the dog to be endowed with superhuman cunning, fears for hi* life. Tom Grant, secretly investigatis* the activities of the gang, gaols * notorious outlaw, whom he later i tt . personates to win their confidence. ]» this he succeeds, as he does in winning the love of Jane Drew, the smuggler* ward. But Tom’s disguise is penetrated b. the gang at a critical moment, anc speed is the only life preserver u hand. The second feature is “Now We'n *in the Air,” starring Wallace Bee: and Raymond Hatton in a hilarfe:comedy on aviation.

RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

“THE CIRCUS WAGON" Daring stunts, startling trick rid itig and the fastest and most tbrilttnc western picture is “The Clrcu* Wagon,” the current feature sUrrinr Ken Maynard at the Rialto and R t gent, Epsom, Theatres. Not only i? thrill followed b5 T more thrills, but th* story itself presents an unusual aaf* in combining an authentic circus picture with a western background. The story deals with the struggles and trials these people of the sawdust trail endured The entire plot has been packed with the daring and thrilling stunts for which Ken has become world famous. The entire story has beer, built upon a solid foundation of fact and carries a real surprise ending. The second feature on the pn. gramme is “The Lone Eagle,” starrinf Barbara Kent and Raymond Keane ; r a story of the life’ of an aviator dun lithe war. “The Lone Eagle” is a story of gnm war planes swooping on unsuspectiy troops with their message of deal: and destruction, with a tender lo** theme of a little French girl tom • - tween love and patriotism.

Gwen Lee has worn hoop skirts tor so long that she declares she will know how to walk in short skirts, h an important role in Norma Sh»rc:f ‘‘The Actress,” for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Miss Lee wears skirts feet in diameter. She is so used giving herself plenty of room through doorways and sitting *- * table that the modern frocks will set. strange to her.