ST. JAMES THEATRE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 635, 11 April 1929, Page 14

ST. JAMES THEATRE

“HIS HIGHNESS” GEORGE WALLACE Now in his sixteenth week, Geom Wallace, the popular entertainer V still drawing large crowds at St. James Theatre with “His Royal Highness The care-free New York pie merchant is mistaken for the heir to th* throne of a small European State, and his actions, while hardly befitting a prince, are nevertheless highly amusing. Sprinkled throughout the story are musical numbers and acts by the Six Rascals. Marshall Crosby is a popular member of the cast, as also are Marie Nyman and Jim Romaine. “FOUR SONS” NOW AT ROYAL “Four Sons,” the big attraction now at the Royal Theatre, Kingsland, is d deeply moving story of a youthful romance and motherly devotion. While the action takes place during the period of the World War, it is no: essentially a war picture, since only one scene of the battlefront is shown The story deals with the whitehaired mother, who sacrifices her socto her country, who fares on through sorrow' and despair until, conquering fate, she finally attains happiness. In the cast are Margaret Mann, the 60-year-old screen find, w’ho gives brilliant performance as the mother James Hall. Charles Morton, Geo"gc Meeker and Francis X. Bushman, jun.. i who play the sons; Earle Foxe and ! June Collyer. j