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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 640, 17 April 1929, Page 16

“THE TALKIES’-THE SENSATION OF THE AGE!

THREE —•' THREE SESSIONS DAILY FROM FRIDAY The Directors are Proud to A A Fuller yward j) I Screening in Auckland of AND SOUND PICTURES fO ♦ Yi° U haV H e *. b ? ut tb ® s ® They’re Here ! I V talking and sound pictures that read talking and sound pictures that have amazed the world Soon you'll see and hear them at the Strand. World-famous stage celebrities and operatic stars will entertain you. Orchestras renowned in every Continent will play for you from the Strand screen, led by the Masters of Symphony. You’ll not only watch, but listen to events that thrill the universe. When kings and rulers speak the Strand will bring them to you ! '•Talkies” have arrived in Auckland. A tremendous change is taking place before our eyes! Sound pictures—that have captured the imagination of the public in other parts of the world—are adding another amazing chapter to the colourful history of the motion in Ne Thu day day Scree ill be a "Red Letter the life of Auckland’ Picturegoers. jCOMMENCING- TO-MORROW- THURSDAYS At 8 o’clock , The Installation at the Strand is the most Modern Talking Equipment 5 Supplied by the Western Electric Corporation. *2^4 1 1 —THE OPENING PROGRAMME—--I.—FOX MOVIETONE NEWS Thrilling Events in Talk and Sound. 2 —GEORGE BERNARD SHAW The World’s Outstanding Literary Genius talks to you fron Screen with his engaging personality. 3. GERTRUDE LAWRENCE The Fascinating English Comedienne. 4. HIS MAJESTY THE KING His Last Public Appearance before his illness, on the occ of the opening of the New Bridge at Newcastle-on-Tyne. 5. JANET GAYNOR and CHARLES FARRELL “THE STREET ANGEL” 6.—CHIC SALE, “ THE STAR WITNESS ” An All-Talking Comedy.

lilinf mwHfinwnfuifw iu H: rrSTi iliii iToTi lint! iTSTi STbTi i miBHHBIIIIBIIIII M m m Don't Express Your Opinion on the “ Talkies” Until You Have SEEN and HEARD Siimgiim s F©©l w (AL Jolson’s Biggest Success) A WARNER BROS.’ VITAPHONE SUBJECT Exclusive to THE PLAZA. Coming Shortly to— TME PLAZA Destined to be THE HOME Of MASTER “ TALKIES ” in ' Auckland! NOTE: THE VITAPHONE SUBJECTS ARE RELEASED BY WARNER BROS. AND FIRST NATIONAL, AND CAN BE HEARD ONLY AT THE THOMAS A O’BRIEN THFATRES Thomas A . O’Brien Theatres will See that Auckland has the BEST!