RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 465, 21 September 1928, Page 14

RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

“THE GOOD-BYE KISS” “The Good-Bye Kiss,** a full-length Mack Sennet comedy, will be shown at the Rialto and Regent (Epsom) Theatres this evening. “The Good-Bye Kiss’* is replete with startling developments, beginning with a runaway.horse pursued by a racing motor-cycle, and ending with the explosion of 20 tons of dynamite. The picture is well-balanced, however, for the spectacular bits are blended with a delightfully adroit mingling of romance and comedy. Three new, but talented players head the cast in Sally Eilers, Johnny Burke and Matty Kemp. At the Rialto Theatre, Newmarket, “Finders Keepers” is the second attraction. This is a delightful Laura La Plante story in which the famous Star is seen as the daughter of the colonel in charge of an army training camp.* At the Regent Theatre, Epsom, the second attraction stars the noted Continental actor, Conrad Veidt, in “Impetuous Youth.”

“MOTHER MACHREE” AT EDENDALE “Mother Machree” is now being shown at the Edendale Theatre, with Belle Bennett, Neil Hamilton, Ted McNamara and Victor McLaglen in the leading roles. This .is a simple and moving drama of mother-love, Irish people, and a little of the laughter and pathos that one associates with all Irish tales. It is a simple story, but so exquisitely told, and so beautifully acted, that it immediately- rises to the heights of the greatest pictures which the screen has ever produced. It is completely without the maudlin sentimentality which is mistaken for Irish emotion, and its characters are delightfully Irish, tears and smiles.

Miss Bennett makes a wonderful mother, and Neil Hamilton is splendid as her son.

Zane Gray’s story, “Under the Toto Rina” is the second attraction.

“THE JAZZ SINGER” All the New York papers came out with extremely laudatory criticisms of “The Jazz Singer,” a Warner-Master picture, which had a triumphant opening on Broadway. A 1 Jolson, the star, made an immediate hit, and the other big personalities of the cast, which include May McAvoy, Warner Oland and Richard Tucker, do brilliant work, it is said. The “Moving Picture World,” in reviewing the picture, says under the heading of “The Best Show on Broadway”: “Entertainment all the way through. The sort of box office combination of tears and smiles that always will be sure-fire, ‘The Jazz Singer’ is nothing short of a magnificent triumph for Warner Bros., for A 1 Jolson, and for director Alan Crosland.” “The Jazz Singer” will shortly be released throughout the Dominion. AERO CLUB BALL The Auckland Aero Club ball in honour of the Southern Cross flyers will be held in the Town Hall on Saturday evening. Those who have received invitations may obtain their tickets at Lewis Eady, Ltd., or at the Victoria League rooms. Members of the Aero Club, Victoria League and Navy League who have not already received invitations may secure them at their respective offices.

A priceless Stradivarlus violin, one of the prized heirlooms in the family of Jean Hersholt, was used by the actor during the filming of “Jazz Mad,” the Universal picture. Hersholt, who is starring, plays the role of Franz Housemann, a poverty-stricken German composer. He felt that he could do the part with more sincerity if he handled and played his own instrument mstead of one from the property room. Although the actor is not an accomplished musician, he plays with more than average skill and frequently practises on the expensive Strad. So Hersholt brought the prized possession to the studio fo.p use during the appropriate sequences. Marion Nixon and George Lewis are in featured sup- i porting roles. _ ]