“THE GAUCHO”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 394, 30 June 1928, Page 23

“THE GAUCHO”

NEW STRAND ATTRACTION V\ DOUG. FAIRBANKS’S LATEST ; ROLE 3 i 3 2 i Douglas Fairbanks is again the ? j picturesque adventurer, daring 2 j everything with the characteristic 2 | Fairbanks grin, in “The Gaucho.” > I Screened last night at the j Strand Theatre in Auckland, the latest Fairbanks picture gave every indication that it would be a notable successor to that long list of successes with which the i | Strand Theatre has been associated. Eve Southern appears as the lovely, J mystical “girl of the miracle,” in con- - trast to whom is Lupe Velez, as the “girl of the mountain,” wild and im--1 petuous and bent on capturing the Gaucho bandit himself —the role of ; Doug. Lupe Velez, a Mexican, is a newcomer to the screen, but her fame . has preceded her. Formerly in vamp roles, Eve Southern proves quite as alluring in her shrine character as in j her less staintly portrayals. Sinister and cruel appears Gustav i von Seyffertitz as the South American usurper. The Austrian actor

has won fame as a heavy, following a notable stage career. His ruthless lieutenant is portrayed by Michael Vavitch, who I was formerly associated with Balieff j in “Chauve Souris.’ 5 j A Montenegrin by j birth, Vavitch i

fought in the Rus- I sian Army. He had been a well-1 known opera singer. Charlie Stevens, the Apache Indian, who has appeared in all the Fairbanks pictures since Doug first entered films, is the Gaucho’s treacherous aide. Fred de Silva, Portugese by birth, has the role of a | drunken cavalry officer, charged j with the arrest of the Gaucho. j As the benign padre, Nigel de I Brulier is again seen in clerical I garb. Of all Hollywood’s actors he I has portrayed the greatest number of important ecclesiastical parts, among which that of Cardinal Richelieu in “The Three Musketeers” is especially remembered. Carlotta Monti, who “danced her way to fame” from a Los Angeles high school, is a cafe dancer. A 1 MacQuarrie, one of the oldest Fairbanks actors, is a plague-stricken pauper hovering | about the shrine extorting money from | pilgrims. J Large forces of soldiery and hunj dreds of pampas riders, and vast | herds of cattle help to form a colourj ful background for one of the most I picturesque and romantic of all j Fairbanks productions.