BRITANNIA AND KINGSLAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 577, 1 February 1929, Page 14

BRITANNIA AND KINGSLAND

“SHOW GIRL” If “Show Girl,” with Alice White, which will be shown at the Britannia and Kingsland Theatres this evening, is not the film comedy of the year, it at least challenges all comers for first place. It’s an authentic reflection of this age of jazz in and around the Great White Way of New York. It takes the audience back of backstage and shows what makes the wheels of the amusement profession go round; it shows scenes back of the night club and cabaret racket, and the raw, human nature, the greed, the conflict, the love and hate and crime which flourish in the shadows of these whitely lighted temples of pleasure. Based on J. P. McEvoy’s story of that name, which found millions of readers during its serial publication in Liberty Magazine, “Show Girl” is an Alfred Santell production. Charles Delaney and Donald Reed have the leading masculine roles in the picture, with Gwen Lee, Kate Price, Lee Moran, James Finlayson. Richard Tucker and others supporting. The delightful Glenn Tryon comedy. “How to Handle Women,” will also be shown. Harry Langdon has signed a contract to make feature-length talking pictures for Hal Roach, to be distributed by Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer. Under the terms of this new affiliation, the famous producer and comedian will become pioneers in the field of the feature-length talking comedy. Langdon first made a name for himself in a series of two-reel comedies, and was later starred in such pictures as “The Strong Man” and “Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.” Henry King, the discoverer of Ronald Colman, has selected John Holland, an unknown actor. to play opposite Eleanor Boardman in “She Goes to War,” a United Artists, release