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“ALMOST HUMAN” When the son of a wealthy, aristocratic family fulls in love with a penniless orphan, and when the mother of the boy is bound by tradition and caste distinction, someone must suffer. Such a situation results in dramatic strife in “Almost Human,” Vera Reynolds’s latest picture, which was shown at Kverybody’s Theatre last evening. A scion of wealth desires to marry a ‘drl of the tenements. shocked and srrieved, the mother refuses to give her consent to their marriage, and the boy acts on his own initiative. io support his bride, he accepts a position as Lh Vera U Kevnolds enacts the stur role, with Kenneth Thomson in the male lead Claire McDowell portiays the mother in this screen story Wilburn C do Mille, associate producer with Cecil B. de Mille. supervised the prodUThe°n picture is packed with drama, thrill, and appeal. It is said that the three dogs appearing therein are almost human in their intelligent portrayals. There is an abundance of wholesome C °The'second attraction was the big picture “Mother Macliree, a beautiful Story of Irish life and mother-love, with Belle Bennett and Victor McLaglen in the lending roles.
First National production executives have selected Mary Astor for the leadlug role in “Once There was a Pi m cess.’*
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 559, 11 January 1929, Page 15
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214EVERYBODY'S Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 559, 11 January 1929, Page 15
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