“CARMEN" OPERA

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 377, 11 June 1928, Page 14

“CARMEN" OPERA

FILMED BY FOX H-jii Del Rtc. via wxh -- - Charmaiue m What Pries C.try wu_ shortly be seen here in Pea screen verkiu of the wtletv-khtwr Hi:- larthSh h_et h . * . arette girl as Ate rather than hi ideahse-1 pc-rtrait r—v -y -- the opera charactertsattctn Vntc-r M;1 a glen, who wth a_st te re—; e— ie r-1 fer h_s p-ortrayal cf the tert-bnet army captain. Captain. r~agg. cf the same prc-oncticn. :_i e the rt-le cf the t-oresader. Den Alvarado, a young screen player who re- raet to the front ranks with trantr rapidity has the role c-f h>: re Jese the oavaher I—s p-rt-dactioh is a ttammg drama of love tinder the waim ektee of sgr.r Others in the cast mil ate h .a. - Xash ?At; Sitter - Pen Lard . biide Cement. Jack Basttan Fait-h Vaiverde an-d I>arothy Hevter. Aiiiough carving has always been regardec as part of the w;ri of the stranger sen just as weaving among the Maoris has invariably been accomplished by the women. Princess Te Puea Herangi can carve as well as the average r-e.r The main tost of the whare-puni at her model village at Xgaruawahia was carved by the princess. At the time she was am into have the building completed, so she set to work end did the carving herself. The fiooring of the meetinghouse was nailed by the girls cf her party, which will be seen in a re mattic programme of Maori waiatas. ' dances, and hakas at the Majestic Tneatre on June 15.