LYRIC AND GRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 625, 30 March 1929, Page 13

LYRIC AND GRAND

“TOMMY ATKINS” “Tommy Atkins,” the British International Picture which has been at the Strand Theatre during the past week, will bo screened at the Lyric and Grand Theatres from this evening. Magnificently produced, ;% cl presenting a good sound melouramatic story with dexterity of finish, it proved the rapid advances which Britain is making in film production. The story opens with a massacre of British troops in the East, the sole survivors being a little boy, heir to his father’s title, and his dead father's servant. The boy grows up with the supposed Earl, whose son, like the hero, is in love with a young girl. Later, when he learns that he is the real Earl, the boy goes into the army as a “Tommy” in order that the future of the girl he loves will not be troubled. The affairs are straightened out in a gripping climax of fighting and sacriA second attraction at both theaties will be "The Constant Nymph.” from the Majestic Theatre. This is a fascinating and charming picture based on the well-known novel of the same name. Mabel 'Poulton is delightful as Tessa, and Ivor Novello has the lole of Lewis Dodd.