“SOMEHOW GOOD”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 452, 6 September 1928, Page 14

“SOMEHOW GOOD”

In “Somehow' Good.’’ to be shown this evening at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres. Pathe's have produced another British picture which not only indicates how prominently this firm is engaged in film activity in the United Kingdom, but proves to the world at large that the British Isles can make films worthy to rank with the very best of productions made in any country. There are many reasons contributing to the deserving success of “Somehow Good.” The director. Jack Raymond, has utilised his undoubted genius to the full, and has presented all the poignant drama and subtly appealing characteristics of William de Morgan s famous story in an uncommonly attractive manner. Fay Compton is featured in the picture, and it is her wonderful interpretation of the dramatic element in the plot, and her magnetic personality, that makes the heroine of this best of do Morgan’s novels additionally attractive as the central figure in a screen play. Adapted by Lydia Hayward, a British screen playwright, the film contains all the main essentials of the original. The strong supporting cast, including Stewart Rome and Dorothy Boyd, give extremely realistic performances in their respective roles, while the team spirit must have been a very keen one, judging by the way in which the entire cast has responded to Jack Raymond’s direction and combined their individual efforts in order to sustain the atmosphere, dramatic and otherwise, of a wonderfully human story. The entertainment it affords is of an unusually gripping quality, and nothing but admiration wall be felt for its entertaining, artistic and technical excellence. The second picture to be shown this evening, “The Poor Nut,” is an uproarious story of life at an American college. Jack Mulhall, one of the most popular of the screen’s light comedians, is seen in the role of a student bemoaning his lack of personality, and atheltic ability, and Charlie Murray is also in the cast.