“LOVES OF CARMEN”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 400, 14 July 1928, Page 14

“LOVES OF CARMEN”

COMING TO STRAND The girl with the heart of a wanton, the mind of a child, and the soul of a woman, “Carmen,” at last will be depicted by one who understands the emotions of the famous character born from the prolific pen of Prosper Merrimee. Probably for the first time the celebrated story of the little gipsy girl with the flaming eyes and fiery emotions will be portrayed by a real Spanish beauty. She is Dolores Del Rio, reared in romantic Mexico by parents of Spanish nobility, who will be seen in the title role of the William Fox screen version, titled, “Loves of Carmen.”

Like “Carmen” she possesses the vivacity, the warmth of feeling, the sexual attraction, the beauty of face, the attractiveness of figure, the racial characteristics, and, above all, the exotic temperament necessary to fit her for the part. The stage has had

“Carmens” of the opera in the persons of Geraldine Farrar, Raquel Meller, Mary Garden, Emma Calivi and others of more or less renown, and Theda Bara at the height of her vampire fame portrayed the wild rose of Spain on the screen, but none equalled the physical “Carmen,” as she will be seen in the form of Dolores Del Rio. Again, as in “What Price Glor'y,” Dolores is the foil to the amor-

ous wooing of Victor McLaglen, the British soldier of fortune, the bronze giant with the infectious smile, the devil-may-care spirit and the ever youthful recklessness which has won a place, in the hearts, of picture lovers everywhere. “Loves of Carmen” is coming to the Strand Theatre shortly direct from its record-breaking success in Wellington. It. is to be preceded by a gorgeous prologue.