RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 590, 16 February 1929, Page 16

RIALTO AND REGENT, EPSOM

“THE FOREIGN LEGION’’ “The Foreign Legion,” which will be shown for the last time at the Rialto and Regent (Epsom) Theatres this evening is sheer drama, of romance and revolt, relieved with comedy masterfully placed at just the right spots. It cannot hurt one’s enjoyment by being told that the story revolves around the powerful situation of a son and his father opposed to each other, neither knowing who the other is. The action takes place in the colourful locale of Algiers and is featured by sensational photographic beauty. On the dramatic side, high-lights are the troops and the mutiny in the desert led by Norman Kerry unknowingly against his father, the commanding officer. They also are pitted for the smiles of Mary Nolan, blonde and dangerous. Another powerful sequence is where the father is presiding judge at his son’s trial. Lewis Stone and Kerry give powerful characterisations. Mary Nolan is equally strong in her role and photographs beautifully. She brings a new type to the screen—the blonde whose kiss is disaster. The second feature is an uproarious comedy, “Why Sailors Go Wrong,” starring Sammy Cohen. “The Patriot,” Emil Jannings’s next Paramount production for release in New Zealand, is a drama of Russia in the days of the mad Tsar, Paul I. A great deal of action takes place in and around the Czar’s palace in Moscow. The exteriors of the great pile were constructed in the studio from old drawings that had been smuggled'from Russia. Florence Vidor, Lewis Stone and Neil Hamilton are featured.