LYRIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 403, 11 July 1928, Page 14

LYRIC

“SALLY IN OUR ALLEY”

Comedy, pathos, dramatic thrills, and an appealing love story are promised movie patrons in “Sally in Our Alley,” the screen romance which comes to the Lyric Theatre to-morrow. A tenement Cinderella is the heroine of the tale. She is an Irish orphan, who is adopted by a trio of fosterfathers—a Scotsman, an Italian and a Jew. A young plumber lad is her sweetheart. When her wealthy aunt opens the door of riches for her, she is expected to forget her humble friends. Her reaction to this new phase in her life is the motivation for the events that lead up to the stirring climax. It also paves the way for an original twist ending to the story. •‘Sally in Our Alley” has the added attraction of Shirley Mason in the title role. ' Miss Mason was chosen for this part by Columbia officials because of her marked success in “Sweet Rosie O’Grady.” one of this company’s hits of last season. Miss Mason has played a wide variety of roles since her debut as an actress at the age of two, but she excels in the types that mingle the gamin with the wistful. She is considered one of the best delineators of East Side characters, and plays the Bowery maid and the uptown debutante with equal ease. Richard Arlen, who has become one of the outstanding younger leading men of the screen, through his playing of John Shreve in “The Blood Ship,” plays opposite Miss Mason.