EVERYBODY’S

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

EVERYBODY’S

“METROPOLIS” Remarkable for wonderful photography, excellent acting and an exceedingly gripping story, “Metropolis,” one of the finest films yet produced is still being shown at the Everybody’s Theatre. The production is based on the story by Thea von Harbeu, in which thousands of men and women, all nameless, toil unceasingly, without ambition and without hope at mighty machines in an underground city, controlled by the brain and the wealth of one man. The producers of the picture have followed the theme through the periods of revolution and chaos to the final chapter where Christianity enters into the lives of the human machines and brotherhood, understanding and peace triumph, and in doing so have introduced scenes depicting giant machines working at full pressure, and have fully exploited the wonders of electricity, wireless, television and aerial transport. Brigette Helm gives a fine portrayal of the dual role of Mary, the daughter and leader of the toilers and of a relentless, soulless witch, who very nearly brings about the extermination by flood of the whole of the people of the vast underground city.

Gary Cooper, Paramount leading man, who is to be co-starred with Fay Wray, was born on a ranch nea.r Helena, Montana. Before starting his first picture with Miss Wray, he is playing opposite Esther Ralston in her latest picture, “Half a Bride.”