GRAND SHOWS “TEMPEST” “LOOPING THE LOOP”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 580, 5 February 1929, Page 15

GRAND SHOWS “TEMPEST”

“LOOPING THE LOOP”

John Barrymore did not earn his laurels as one of the greatest stars in the history of the stage or screen by always appearing debonair and fastidiously groomed. Immaculate or dishevelled, in gold braid or tatters, he is still what critics concede to be the most convincing actor of modern times. In “Tempest.” now at the Grand Theatre, with modern Russia as a background, Barrymore appears as a dashing army officer who loves a princess, and is railroaded to prison by her aristocratic fiance. In the dungeon scenes, in which the star is revealed in rags, unkempt, and wearing long hair and beard, one would scarcely recognise the romantic character of the earlier episodes. The Grand programme also includes the fine British picture. 'Xot Quite a Lady.” starring Mabel Poulton.

Adolphe Menjou is now preparing for his next Paramount production entitled “The Concert.” It is to be* a dialogue production Florence Vidor is to play the principal feminine part under the direction of Lothar Mendes

j A lilm more interesting than the j usual run of pictures because of its ! human qualities and its technical excellence is the latest U.F.A. pictur-, "Cooping the Loop.” produced by !>• . Arthur Robinson. a. Scotsman by birth who. for some time, has be.n making pictures for U.F.A. l>r. Robinson makes the clown a human appealing figure and shows his emotions and love very skilfully, and one can - not help but note the masterly direction throughout the production. The excellently expressed pictorial groupings, the perfect technical work, and the remarkable lighting and camera angles are characteristic of this latest U.F.A. production. "Looping the Loop” is set thortlv for release in Xew Zealand by Cinema Art Films.