PRINCE EDWARD
“ROSES OF PICARDY” Considerable interest has centred in •Roses of Picardy,” the British pictu.re to be shown at the Prince Edward Theatre this evening. “Roses of “Picardy is based on R. H. Aiottrams famous novel, “The Spanish Farm, and the story, “64-94,” which is generally regarded as one of the most remarkable war books yet written. Technically the work throughout the whole production has been handled :n a masterly manner. The episodes o: the actual lighting in the film—the night attack with creeping barragetlie big German push of 1918, when Earl Haig sent forth his famous “Backs to the Wall” message to tfe British troops—are high lights of this big British production. The story has been interwoven in a manner which loses none of its charm and psychology and is not cjust in ■ & conventional mould of American war dramas. The film has one of the most impressive finales yet seen in the motion pictures. “Waterfront,” the second picture, ** an amusing comedy starring Dorothy MacKaill and Jack Mulball.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 565, 18 January 1929, Page 14
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169PRINCE EDWARD Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 565, 18 January 1929, Page 14
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