ROYAL, KINGSLAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 514, 17 November 1928, Page 15

ROYAL, KINGSLAND

“THANKS FOR THE BUGGY RIDE”

An episode in the lives of three pawns of fate—a vain society girl, a son of the idle rich and a low dominating brute —whose pathways crossed and opened to each the door of exciting adventure and stark tragedy, make up the picture “Vanity,” now being shown at the Royal Theatre, Kingsland, starring Leatrice Joy. The dynamic star is finely supported 'by Charles Kay, leading man, and Alan Haie, the villain of the story. “Thanks for the Buggy Ride, a merr"- comedy written around the song of the same nar with two comedians in the leading roles, Laura I*a Plante and Glen Tryon, will also be shown. NEW BRITISH SEA PICTURE British Dominions Films report that Maurice Klvey’s latest production, “Rough Seas,” has now been completed, and is in the cutting stage. Mr. Klvey claims his new fiilm to possess excellent entertainment, upholding the tradition of “Sailors Don’t Care,” and others which he has produced. “Rough Seas” is spiced with action, humour and romance. There is a big lire at sea as a thrilling climax. Cyril Mo Laglen and Alf Goddard carry the honours for the male players, and Chili Boucher is a very fascinating and tantalising skipper’s daughter. Acclaimed the queen of all comics in the freminine line, Majorie Beebe, whose first starring picture for Fox Films was “The Farmer’s Daughter,” has just completed her second production for the same exchange titled “Homesick.” Sammy Cohen, who will be remembered for his portrayals in “What Price Glory” and “The Gay Retreat,” is at his comedy best while playing opposite Miss Beebe in this screaming production.

Polly Moran and Harry Gribbon have been added to the cast of “Honeymoon,” a new Metro - Gold wy n - Mayer picture being directed by Horman Haymaker. It is an original story and concerns the romance between two middle-aged vaudeville comedians.

SAMMY COHEN AND THE CAT Superstition, the laughing-stock of psychologists, rules the average actor. Sammy Cohen, teaming with Harry Sweet in "Home-sick.” a new Fox production, refuses to enter a set unless the electricians yell, “Yoohoo, Sammy! This situation is due to the antics of a cat. The cat ambled across a stage one day and then an overhead lamp fell with a sickening crash. One of the Klorintine glass shields missed Sammy’s nose by an eyelash. Thereafter. cats were “out,” and it fell to the lot of the electricians to assure Sammy that all was well overhead before the celebrated comedian would take a chance "down there.”