EVERYBODY’S
“THE GIGOLO” TO-NIGHT Tli® picture which will be shown "V s „ evening at the Everybody’s Theatre, entitled, “The Gigolo,” has as the leading player the popular actor, Rod La Rocque. in tho starring role of Gid, a wealthy American youth, after joining the Lafayette Escardrille in France is injured in action during the war and his face mutilated. He has it made over by plastic surgery, and i later in Paris at J the Cafe Marignys. | where he reigns as j king of the “gigolos,” the name given to profess ional dancing partners, he dances with his boyhood sweetheart, who is touring Europe with her parents. At first she fails to recognise him, owing to his changed appearance, and it is only his personality, which he cannot conceal, that serves to reveal his identity to her. Then follows a series of highly thrilling events. Featured in the supporting cast are Jobyna Ralston and Louise Dresser, while Cyril Chadwick, George Nichols and Sally Rand have important roles. “His Dog,” a charming story of the friendship between a tramp and his collie, is the second feature on the programme.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 386, 21 June 1928, Page 16
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188EVERYBODY’S Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 386, 21 June 1928, Page 16
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