“WHAT PRICE GLORY” AT LYRIC
"What I‘rice Glory,” now at the •hyric Theatre, is being accorded the cordial reception which greeted first Auckland showing nearly two year* ago. It is proclaimed by all those in authority as the greatest motion picture of the year. It is not a war Picture. War is its background. It ls no more a war play than a love comedy laid in a sylvan setting would bo called a rural play. Its authors took war as the canvas on "'hich to sketch their story; war as th© great influence on men and women that would bring out pathos, comedy ‘>nd human appeal as no other crisis in the affair of nations could bring. Above all else there is comedy, i’rolxtbly no picture ever made along tho edge of a great world tragedy e\ er nad so much comedy. _ , Victor McLaglen, Dolores Del ™o *nd Edmund Lowe have the leading roles. Will Chuppel has been engaged to write the adaptation and continuity or The Great Microphone Murder.” one Universal’s talking pictures for next a *ason.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 598, 26 February 1929, Page 15
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179“WHAT PRICE GLORY” AT LYRIC Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 598, 26 February 1929, Page 15
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