STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 533, 10 December 1928, Page 15

STRAND

“THE DOVE From the opening bars of the overture to the final fade-out of the picture, the current programme at the Strand upholds the reputation of that theatre for high-class entertainment. Two big pictorial attractions head tha programme, but mention should also be made of the short supporting films, including an Aesop cartoon and a Strand Magazine, with all the latest news. The first picture is “40,000 Miles With “Lindbergh,” a most interesting travelogue of the journeyings of the great air hero, and abounding in marvellous view’s. This is followed by a beautiful musical prologue, in which Miss Mary Cofield, soprano, is the soloist. The prologue is a fitting introduction to the big picture, “The Dove,” Norma Talmadge’s latest triumph. “The Dove” is a story of a typical South American republic, Costa Roja, where castanets click in the dancing halls of the picturesque revolutionaries. The story revolves around the love of a young American gambler for the fascinating dancer of the local cafe known, because of her gracefulness, as “The Dove.” In his offections he ran counter to the outstanding character of the town, a role brought to life on the screen by the excellent acting of Noah Beery. He plays the part of Don Jose Maria y Sandoval, "de best damn caballero in all Costa Roja.” It is the part of a villain who is rather likeable, for hds egotistical desire to make “the grand gesture” and be thought “de bes’ damn caballero” causes him to do some gracious deeds. The whole programme is most delightfully accompanied by Eve Bentley’s Strand Symphony Orchestra.