RIALTO AND REGENT EPSOM

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 456, 11 September 1928, Page 18

RIALTO AND REGENT EPSOM

“PUBLICITY MADNESS” A satire on modern business methods, entitled “Publicity Madness” will be shown at the Rialto and Regent (Epsom) Theatres this evening. Edmund Lowe is cast in another character of the go-getter type and plays the part to perfection. He is the breezy soap salesman whose advertising schemes make over an almost defunct soap works. His characterisation leaves nothing to be desired and through it he adds one more success to his long list of triumphs. Lois Moran reveals a new self in her interpretation of Violet Henly, daughter of the owner of the soap works. Her change from a shy little old fashioned girl into a sophisticated stenographer and her subsequent adventures proved her to be a truly clever actress. More than that her portrayal of the role puts her into the class of comediennes as well as adding to her reputation of a dramatic actress. At the Rialto Theatre only the second portion of the entertainment will be provided by the Punch Bowl Revue Company. This talented combination of artists, headed by Rex Mack, baritone, Linda Dale, soubrette, and Frank Moran, comedian, have created a great record as entertainers. Songs and skits, and dances by Miss Zenda Banky and the ballet, make for a very happy time. At the Regent Theatre, Epsom, a second pictorial attraction is provided in “A Man’s Past,” with Conrad Veidt in the leading role. HEART OF MARYLAND Dolores Costello, star of the Warnermaster picture, “Heart of Maryland,” which is soon to be released in New Zealand, has never been so appealingly beautiful as in the role of Maryland Calvert—the girl who, while passionately loving the South, found her heart divided against itself in love for a soldier of the North. This exciting and glamorous story of Civil War days has had numerous revivals since it won fame for Mrs. Leslie Carter thirty years ago, and always successful ones. It is suffused with a passionate intensity which makes it perennially interesting. Warner Bros, have given it marvellous settings and a cast which includes many of the most celebrated names of the day. Among the great characterisations are Mr. and Mrs, Lincoln, Jefferson Davis, General Robert E. Lee and General Grant. Under the supervision of William Koenic more than two thousand workmen have been busily engaged for some weeks in the erection of a mammoth architectural structure the interior of which is the temple of Jaughat, a replica of the sixteen thousand year old place of worship. This structure alone extends over several acres of ground, and is to be part of the Biblical sequences in “NOAH’S ARK”, a Warner Master Bicture Special. Fifteen separate characters are portrayed by Hans Joby, well-known European actor, in “Love Me and the World is Mine” Universal’s big attraction. Although the many roles are all of a minor importance, Joby, through his wizardry of makeup and his excellent historic ability, defies recognition in each of them. Norman Kerry, Mary Philbin, and Betty Compson are the featured placers in the big production, which was directed by E. A. Dupont, from an adaptation of the Austrian novel by Rudolph Hanns Bartsch.