GRAND AND LYRIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 672, 25 May 1929, Page 14

GRAND AND LYRIC

“STREET ANGEL” A charming love story of picturesque Naples is unfolded in “Street Ansel.” featuring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell, now at both the Grand and Lyric Theatres. The story tells of Angela, an unfortunate victim of circumstances, who, desperate through poverty and the

sickness of her mother, attempts the last resources of desperate girls and takes to the streets to raise money for food and her mother’s medicine. She tries to steal enough money, and pursuing police lose her within the tent of a travell-

Charles Farrell ing circus. Here she meets Gino, the wandering painter, but their romance is shattered when the police track her down and take her away to prison. However, they are finally reunited and Angela comes back to Naples to find shelter, romance and a husband. “Trent's Last Case,” which is also being shown, is an exciting murder mystery story starring Marceline Hay, Raymond Hatto.n and Raymond Griffith. __ fifty speaking parts UNUSUAL SCENES IN NEW TALKIE Rapid strides are being made in the technique of the new medium in screen productions—Fox Movietone. In “Through Different Lyes, the latest product of the Fox- Movietone studios, more than 50 persons have speaking parts, in contrast to the first of the “talkies” m which the casts were kept down to a scant half dozen or so. , . „ In addition to the many speaking parts in this thrilling courtroom drama, a number of novel sound effects are achieved. In . the early sequences, which take place in a reporters room in the basement of the court house, dozens of typewriters and telegraph machines are clicking during the action of the play, and there are a number of “outside noises” of autombiles and people walking over an iron sidewalk grill, just outside the press room. In this sequence reporters are telephoning stories to their papers, messengers are dashing about office boys are fighting and indulging m horse play at the same time that the main action and dialogue is taking place. - ~ . ~ . Critics of the earlier 'talkie who complained that there seemed a definite gap between sound and dialogue, are answered in unrefutable manner in “Through Different Eyes.” An excellent cast headed by Mary Duncan, Edmund Lowe and Warner Baxter enacts this Fox-Movie tone play. DIXIELAND CABARET The delightfully-situated and comfortably arranged cabaret at Dixieland will be open for dancing as usual this evening. Music will be supplied by the famous J and up-to-date Dixieland Dance Band.