GRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 394, 30 June 1928, Page 16

GRAND

“MOTHER MACHREE” “Mother Machree,” the story of the love of a little Irish mother, will again be shown this evening at the Grand Theatre. An Irish family settles in America, but nearly starve. The mother in order to keep her son at school works in a circus, but one day the boy sees her there. The teacher is very indignant that the parent of one of her charges should engage in such an occupation, and the outcome of it is that the mother gives her boy to the schoolmistress, sacrificing her love for him, in order that he may be educated. Years go on, and the boy has grown to manhood. The war comes and he becomes engaged to a daughter of one of the society leaders. It happens that the mother is working at this girl’s home, and suddenly all three are brought face to face. The solution is stirring and satisfying. Praise for the success of the drama must go, to a great extent, to Belle Bennett, as Ellen McHugh, the Mother Machree of the picture. Her success is apparent from the outset. An appealing figure is Brian McHugh, played by Philippe de Lacey. Some wonderful Irish views are shown in the film, part of which was made in Ireland. Greta Garbo is the star in “Divine Woman,” the second attraction.