PRINCE EDWARD
“MOTHER MACHREE” TO-NIGHT
'‘Mother Machree," a poignant story of Irish life, will be shown this evening at the Prince Edward Theatre. The leading part is played by Belle Bennett, and she is responsible for an excellent performance. In the role of Ellen McHugh she is about to give up her son in order that he should be brought up a "gentleman, like his father ” Miss Bennett, a mother in real life, recently lost her own little son, and she gives a portrayal infused with real feeling. She manages to get him accepted at Miss. Studdiford’s aristocratic school but only on condition that she does not reveal to the boy that she is of the servant class. . . To keep up his school fees she joins a circus, where she is recognised by her son when Miss Studdiford takes her pupils to the circus. Only on condition that she allows Miss Studdiford to adopt Brian is he allowed to remain at the school. The second attraction will be bnootin’ Irons,” starring Sally Blane and Fred Kohler.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 414, 24 July 1928, Page 15
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176PRINCE EDWARD Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 414, 24 July 1928, Page 15
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