PRINCE EDWARD

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 454, 8 September 1928, Page 18

PRINCE EDWARD

“BRINGING UP FATHER” The famous newspaper cartoons on “Bringing Up Father” have been ma4e into a film, and this is now being shown at the Prince Edward Theatre. One amusing part of the story is where Jiggs makes his peace with bis familv when he promises them the sort of home they desire. They move to a grand place on Long Island. Ellen plans a party for her IStli birthday. Annie, not knowing of the party, bakes a cake for the girl and personally delivers it. Maggie pushes Annie from the house and slams the door in her face. Annie discovers Jiggs hiding in the grounds with a gun in his hand. He had not been wanted at the party and had been told by Maggie that both she and Ellen were thoroughly ashamed of him. This had so saddened him that he wanted to kill himself. Annie prevents the tragedy by turning the gun so that the shot goes wild. Farrell McDonald and Polly Moran are the stars. Monte Blue’s dramatic picture, “Brass Knuckles,” will also be shown. “SPORTING GOODS” AT CAPITOL The popular actor, Richard Dix, is j seen in an enjoyable comedy, “Sport- j ins Goods,” to be shown at the Capitol Theatre this evening. This picture opens when Dix is travelling cross-country in a battered roadster, bound for Los Angeles. There he hopes to be given a big order for a trick kind of golf suit he has invented. In the desert, he ruins his car through helping a millionaire going East, and, since desert travel is pretty rough, the continues on the train. Dix is to take his Rolls-Royce back to Pasadena. When it is known that he is mistaken for the millionaire, the comedy element of the picture is at once apparent. “The Secret Hour,” which is the second attraction, shows the well-known actress, Pola Negri, in a new role, that of a waitress loved by a wealthy and aged orange planter.

‘THE HAWK’S NEST” AT ROYAL “The Hawk’s Nest,” a story of tk» underworld, starring Milton Sills be shown at the Royal Theatre, Kinfsland, this evening. It is a story of unusual power ana scope, dealing with American underworld leaders in the Chinatown o New York. Sills plays the role o. or,e of the leaders and Montagu Lo^ c the part of his rival. Doris Kenyon has the feminine lead. Mystery, thrills, and the tense atmosphere of the underworld turum» the background for this drama, one of the best in which has appeared for many months, particularly admirable performance-* given by the distinguished Chinese actor, Sojin. _uh "She’s a Sheik,” with Bebe *>*®j*; in the role of a daughter of the desen. will also be shown.