GRAND AND LYRIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 665, 17 May 1929, Page 14

GRAND AND LYRIC

“THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES” IX w. Griffith, who directed “The Battle of the Sexes,” to be shown at the Grand and Lyric Theatres this evening, believes

i evening, that there is nothing so appealing as the hiimaa quality in pictures. The reason for this, Griffith contends, is th; l the average person is more syi ’- | pathetically £-* ' fee ted by som -- thing that he has gone through—a

minor suffering or perhaps a snyu. success—than by a spectacular disp.:'-! of emotions on the screen. In “The Battle of the Sexes,” fin:* fi th has attempted to present a P lC ' turisation of home life as it is livrf in the average home apartment or ‘ &•* throughout the United States. J er " Hersholt, Phyllis Haver, Belle Bcnr.eiDon Alvarado and Sally O’Neil appear n th© all-star cast. The picture made at the United Artists Studio. “True Heaven,” the second featur is a war-time story of the strugg'j of a girl who had to decide th© man she loved and her counT Lois Moran and George O’Brien h“ v the leading roles.

BIG PICTURES AT BRITANNIA That roystering, two fisted advetrurer. dear to the heart of everwoman and the envy of most menVictor McLaglen, who achieved £• first triumph as Captain Flagg “What Price Glory.” scores again “A. Girl •in Every Port,” now at tn Britannia Theatre. This is a swinmoving romance of a man-dnvuk mate on an American merchantxr.?* Spike Madden, played by McLas* e^ Eight screen favourites play opr' site McLaglen as the girls in- - ports, among whom are *' eluded Louise Brooks, Maria AJ®* Natalia Joyce. Heila Hyams others f quail y well known. Armstrong gives a splendid perform, ance in the role of Salami, the ® who forestalls Spike’s love affairs- “ The Spy,” the great mystery of espionage and intrigue, is the end big attraction. The leafl roles of this sensational picture taken by Gerda Maurus, Willy Frit- • and Rudolph Klein-Rogge.

Warner Baxter is a name due to brightly out of the mazes ol ' many changes in the studios this * son. The reason is that he has signed by Fox under a long-term ; tract with the probability that »e • be very prominently featured in The inspiration for this of Baxter’s talents was his w°r . “In Old Arizona,” a nearly entirely out-doors. , -di2 : Lowe and Baxter have the roles in this and Baxter’s P en ance is rated very highly. gef The girl in this picture i 9 h® ” name is Dorothy Burgess. s “. pf recruited from a stage production “The Squall” in Los Angelos.