PRINCE EDWARD

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 453, 7 September 1928, Page 14

PRINCE EDWARD

“BRINGING UP FATHER”

With Jiggs, Maggie, and the other characters of the George McManus newspaper cartoons, the picture “Bringing Up Father” has caught the satire and humour of the original stories. It is now being shown at the Prince Edward Theatre. Marie Dressier and Polly Moran, as Maggie and Mrs. Dinty Moore, get the lion’s share of the laughter. The fatuous feminine comedy team indulges in an hilarious series of quarrels and other adventures, always comical, and J. Farrell MacDonald as Jiggs fills in with laughs whenever the comediennes pause for breath. The Dressier-Moran combination seems an ideal form of comedy, and Jack Conway, who directed the picture at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, injected many deft touches that do much to enliven the film. “Brass Knuckles,” starring Monte Blue, will also be shown.

“A MAN’S PAST” AT BRITANNIA

A story of the fight between the glamour of night life and the quiet of a suburban home, “Midnight Rose,” starring Lya de Putti and Kennth Harlan, will be shown this evening at the Britannia Theatre. The story tells of Tim Regan, an underworld gangster, who reforms and tries also to reform his sweetheart, “Midnight Rose,” a cabaret dancer in the place of Corbin, a clever politician, who also loves her. One of Tim’s pals is killed and asks him to take care cf his son. Tim realises that the boy needs a mother and convinces Rose she should marry him. He works as a day labourer and she as a housewife. “A Man’s Past,” an intensely dramatic story featuring Conrad Veldt, the great German actor, will also be shown.

EMPIRE SHOWS “THE WARNING”

“Daredevil’s Reward.” starring Tom Mix, which is now showing at the Empire Theatre, is a story of a Texas Ranger who kept peace with a six-shooter and whose business was bagging bad men. For more than a hundred years, the name of “Texas Ranger” has stood for fearlessness in facing danger and for 'an uncanny skill in the use of firearms. Action is the keynote of the story and Mix, with the aid of Tony, brings to the screen one of his best fighting pictures. The manner in which Tom transports Tony around, concealed in a huge truck, is one of the humorous highlights of the picture. The rapid manner in which Tom changes from one character to another keeps the audience guessing as to the outcome. The supporting cast is exceptionally good and includes Natalie Joyce, Lawford Davidson, Billy Bletcher and Harry Cording. “The Warning.” a story of the slums of Shanghai, will also be shown, starring Jack Holt and Dorothy Revier.

“THE STUDENT PRINCE”

COMING SHORTLY One of the most famous Danish character actors turned German for a role, when Jean Hersholt played the part of Dr. Juttner, the lovable old tutor to Ramon Novarro in “The Student Prince,” Ernst Lubitsch’s spectacular production. The wonderfully sweet love story of the prince and the girl in the inn, their love and the happy days in Heidelberg and the tragedy that follows, are worked out as the same simple love story of the stage play—but set in gigantic spectacle; in court ceremonies so huge that they oppress as they did the young prince in the story. Huge castles, great ceremonies—these are the backgrounds of the play. Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer have the leading roles in this screen version of the world-famous stage play.