“THE MERRY WIDOW”
STRAND’S BIG BILL The romance of the kingdom of Monteblanco began its second week at the Strand Theatre last evening. “The Merry Widow” shows signs of being one of the most popular pictures screened at this house of feature films. Another big attraction is the personal appearance of “Miss New Zealand.” who has just returned after five months in Los Angeles. She tells the tale of her adventures in the hub of tho film world, and a moving-picture record of her travels, “Miss New Zealand in Movieland,” is* shown. Miss Dale Austen is given a wonderful i reception at each session. I Lehar’s original music for the light opera, “The Merry Widow,” is played delightfully by Eve Bentley and her i Strand Symphony Orchestra. And , there is a picturesque prologue to the I big picture. Miss Ina Bosworth, in | Monteblancian costume, plays a solo violin and Mile. Valeska and Mr. Len Wilson danc© an intricate and effective j waltz. Eric von Stroheim, the Austrian film genius, has produced "‘The Merry Widow” on a magnificent scale for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and the star is tho handsome John Gilbert, foremost of the screen’s “matinee idols.” Mae Murray has the title role. She appears as the: dancing star of the “Manhattan "Pollies,” a. troupe of theatricals who find themselves in a beautiful town of Monteblanco. The standing army of Monteblanco, including the Crown Prince and Prince Danilo, has just descended upon the town. Sally, the dancer, finds herself attended by princes and barons, but she rightly suspects them all. She denies Prince Danilo the love of a moment and succeeds "in arousing in him a life-loiig affection. True lov© does not flow smoothly. The prince’s family points out that he has a duty to his country and poor Sally is left on her wedding morning. But she has her revenge through marriage with a baron and through the inheritance of his millions. She leads a merry dance through the European capitals as “The Merry Widow” and has a following of kings and princes. The climax is a duel at dawn in which Prince Danilo does what he considers is the manly thing. There are some interesting supporting films.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 364, 26 May 1928, Page 14
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