NATIONAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 566, 19 January 1929, Page 15

NATIONAL

“FORGOTTEN FACES” TO-DAY "A polished production of first class entertainment value/ That is the verdict of the London “Daily Mirror” on the Paramount special production, “Forgotten Faces,” which will be shown for the first time at the National Theatre to-day. The theme is big, and emotional. It deals with the sacrifice of a “Lifer” to save his daughter from disgx'ace and ruin. It has a strange, novel twist and a surprise finish, a swift, startling denouement to a cruel, yet tender, drama. The screen story was adapted from a story by Richard Washburn Child. It is a story of the present of the 20th century in the underworld of

Clive Brook, the •actor every studio in Hollywood has been trying to borrow’ from Paramount; Mary Brian, whose sweetness and beauty won her thousands of friends; William Powell, the most suave of screen villians, in a new sympathy- winning: role; Baclanova, the fiery Russian who proved her genius in “The Street of Sin” and “Three Sinners”; Fred Kohler, the newest villian to achieve a populax* following and Jack Luden—these are the players in “Forgotten Faces.”

An excellent supporting programme will also be presented this evening, including Paramount News, Krasy Kat Cartoon and Christie comedy. New musical selections will be played by the specially augmented orchestra under the baton of Mr. F. Bartlett. To ensure that the National Theatre is cool and fresh on the warmest evenings. the management has installed an electrically driven fan, weighing over two tons, which circulates over 30.000 cubic feet of fresh air into the theatre every minute.

Forty-eight different pictures in three years is the record of Gladys McConnell, heroine of Pathe’s hectic serial, “The Tiger's Shadow.” The total includes a series of two reelers, her first effort. Hugh Allan is featured with her in “The Tiger's Shadow.”