STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 392, 28 June 1928, Page 16

STRAND

“THE GAUCHO” TO-MORROW “Mother Machree,” the story of the Irish mother and her little son, for whom she sacrificed her love, will have its final presentation this evening, as to-morrow, “The Gaucho,” Douglas Fairbanks’ first picture since “The Black Pirate,” will have its Auckland premiere at the Strand Theatre. Eulogising a day when Gauchos bold rode the boundless pampas and the law of might made right, Douglas Fairbanks comes forth to-morrow in his thrilling new United Artists production, “Douglas Fairbanks as the Gaucho.’ A more colourful romance than this South American story, with its majestic scenery, its tense rivalries and conquests, could scarcely be conceived. Again, Fairbanks, actor-producer, brings to his world audience a screen narrative destined to rank with the epics of all time. The star has the role of a bandit chief, the leader of a horde of Gaucho riders, who cross the mountains and occupy a stately shrine city whose wealth is the prey of the cruel usurper of the country. A madcap mountain lass (Lupe Velez), thrilled by the notoriety of the Gaucho chief, joins him en route. News of the outlaw’s presence reaches the usurper (Guetav von Seyffertitz). who puts a price upon his head. An additional feature on the programme is “South of the Andes,” a colourful song and dance prologue, gorgeously staged, produced by and featuring Miss Bettina Edwards, with her cabaret ballet. A very beautiful musical programme will be provided by Eve Bentley and her Strand Symphony Orchestra, who will include among the incidental music, “Lustpiel” (ICeler Bela), “Serenade Espagnole” (Glazounow), “Requiem” (Verdi), “The Miracle” (Foulds), “Le Las Des Cygnes” (Tschaikowsky), and “Marche Militaire” (Granados).