RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 348, 8 May 1928, Page 15

RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

“ADAM AND EVIL”

"Adam and Evil,” starring Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle, is the first feature on the programme of the Rialto and Regent, Epsom, Theatres. The new picture offers a wonderful opportunity for the irresistible Cody in a dual role, and has plenty of light humour for the talents of Aileen Pringle. It tells of the adventures of Adam and his twin brother Al., from Brazil. How Adam’s beautiful young wife becomes hopelessly bewildered and

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niiccn i-i uiyic ~ ~ a her husband from his brother, and how Al’s sweetheart insists that Adam is Al. makes “Adam and Evil” a positive whirlwind of mirth, roars and marital mix-ups! “Fangs of Destiny” is the second feature It is a thrilling story of crooks, and a big part in the picture is taken by Dynamite, the wonder police dog.

EMPIRE NEW PROGRAMME TO-NIGHT The stern and oft-times cruel intolerance of the early Pilgrim Fathers, their hardships and their fanatical opposition to all that savoured of pleasure, form the background for one of the most startling and dramatic screen productions of recent times. “The Scarlet Letter,” which is now at the Empire Theatre for a,special season. “The Scarlet Letter” is an accurate and inspiring rendition of Nathanial Hawthorne’s immortal novel in which Lillian Gish, of •‘The White Sister” fame, has the stellar role, and is supported bv Lars Hanson, Karl Dane and Henry B. Walthall. “Galloping Fury,” starring Hoot Gibson, will also be shown on the same programme. It is a thrilling Western story with Hoot in the role of a lighting, smiling cowboy.

ROYAL, KINGSLAND VAUDEVILLE AND PICTURES “Woman-Handled.” starring Richard Dix and Esther Ralston, is now being

i shown at the Royal Theatre, Kingsland. A strong vaudeville programme is also to be presented tonight, headed by the Harvard Girls, late of Jim Gerald’s Revue Company. Other artists are Zono, the wizard xylophone player, and Curly

Esther Ralston Marriatt, the popular light comedian.