PERSIAN STORY
FOR JUNE COLLYER Swift action, coupled with cle„ui comedy and high adventure in strange places, offered Albert Ray, Fox Films director, endless opportunities for good characterisations in the new production, “Woman-wise.” June Collyer. one of the prettiest giris seen on the silver sheet in recent months, offers a welcome relief to old faces. Her acting is admirable, and her support excellent. The story, built around the adventures in Persia of an American consul, brings to the screen in the masculine roles two of the most popular men in the film industry. Walter Pm* geon is cast as the consul, and VViuia® Russell plays the rqle of the neer- -»<>-_ well. Two more finished performers one could scarcely hope to find * long: journey. Miss Collyer, pitch into the midst of bandits and ing harem girls, who resent her entn because of her beauty, has one after another. Russell, always fi*ntins with a smile on his lips, falls madi in love with her. Pidgeon, at nj? woman-hater, does the same, happens in the meantime constitutes one of the most wholesome and oitgu** screen .stories ever produced. jn . opinion of seasoned critics and hao: theatre-goers. The climax, co ® after a riot of fun and thril.s, is prising in the extreme. :
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 364, 26 May 1928, Page 16
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208PERSIAN STORY Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 364, 26 May 1928, Page 16
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