“ROULETTE”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 400, 14 July 1928, Page 16

“ROULETTE”

NEW BARTHELMESS FILM Richard Barthelmess has never a finer transition from one cha F a tt .- to another than he does in “‘Rouie • his present starring vehicle for r Xational Pictures. Barthelmess playing a dual role in this pictunsa of Fannie Hurst’s dramatic a portrays twins—one red-haired scarred face, a derelict on the Hast •- of Xew York, the other with s black hair, a rising young attol ~~‘' highly ambitious. As it is si for him to play both charac tew the same episode, as it is being h • Barthelmess must display U?® facility in swinging from one ter to another. Such a severe r quires all the substle artistry a player’s command, and the aa 1 rushes of “Roulette” show that iece thelmess is doing a remarkable P j of work in a colourful and high y usual story. The cast inclu f®? 1 - has j Basquette, whom Cecil B. de MU* I chosen for the lead in his huge duction, “The Godless Girl,” Livingston, Warner Oland ana other well-known players. "The Rawhide Kid,” one of H«* Gibson's latest and best l - nl Uje films, is a distinct departure from stereotyped ride ’em and S'* , ! melodrama, the comic side °* tn j„. ot cactus, cattle and cowboys terspersed in a wholesome , story. Th© rib-tickling co ™!. e ~,\ is furnished by Harry To DU rFrank Hagney in the heavy ro suing his reluctant ladv love charming person of Georgia u Others in the cast are * Jr ! Strauss and Tom Lingham. « • ♦*.r© was directed by Hel Andi****