RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 449, 3 September 1928, Page 14

RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

“THE ROUGH RIDERS” In 1898 Cuba was struggling for liberty from Spain, and the United States warship Maine was mysteriously blown up in San Diego harbour. The nation was indignant, and finally matters coming to a crisis, war was declared on Spain. With a friend, Leonard Wood, Roosevelt organised a troop of volunteers. This Irregular regiment came to he known as the “Rough Riders,’* and a picture of the same name, telling the story of their adventures, will he shown at' The Rialto and Regent, Epsom, Theatres this evening. To the “Rough Riders” camp come all manner of men. Among them are the three with whom we are specially concerned. A gay young man, Stewart Van Brunt, from New York, a country lad, Bert Henley, and the girl Mary. To the camp also comes Happy Joe, pursued by Hells Bells, the sheriff. When Joe enlists the sheriff follows suit, to be near him all the time. The second attraction will be “If Youth But Knew,” a picture taken from the famous and daring stage play which had a phenomenal run at the Duke of York’s Theatre. “FEEL MY PULSE” AT CAPITOL “Feel My Pulse/* one of the merry comedies by Bebe Daniels, will be shown at the Capitol Theatre this evening. Miss Daniels plays the role of a beautiful girl who has been brought up with the idea that she is a frail thing when in reality there is nothing the matter with her. She visits a sanitarium, left her by an uncle, a health crank, and finds it in possession of a bootlegging gang. Her exploits from that moment on never fail to get a string of laughs, and the rousing climax had the audience last night in convusions. “A Hero for a Night,” the second attraction, is also a comedy, and stars Glen Tryon and Patsy Ruth Miller. GRAND SHOWS “MY BEST GIRL” “My Best Girl,*’ with Mary Pickford, is still being shown at the Grand Theatre. Still the world’s sweetheart though she has bobbed her hair, Mary Pickford appears in one of the roles she has made famous, that of the little workgirl who in the end, like Cinderella, gets all she deserves. “My Best Girl,” a film story from Kathleen Norris's popular romance, is a comedy drama which never forgets that comedy is its main purpose. Mary appears as a stock girl in one of Merrill’s “five and ten cent” shops. A new employee, Joe Grant, wins her heart and then Mary finds out that he is really “old Merrill’s” son. “Wyoming,” Tim McCoy’s exciting story, is the second feature.