PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 724, 25 July 1929, Page 15

PLAZA

“LOVE NEVER DIES” Against the thunderous background of war-torn France, with flying aces zooming in the air overhead, and the backwash of the world’s most terrible conflict bringing panic to the peasantry, a little slip of a girl in % simple frocks takes the audience'* to great emotional heights, brings a heartthrob here and a tear there, as they follow her through one of the greatest romances ever told. That, in a sentence, is “Love Never Bies,” First National’s great new special picture, starring Colleen Moore at the Plaza Theatre. “Love Never Bies” is truly great, and Colleen Moore is brilliant in a role that rises to emotional heights. This clever little comedienne, who sprang to fame in the flapper pictures of a few years ago, is justly entitled to a niche among the best dramatic actresses of all time as the result of this great role it the picturisaion of the stage play by Jane Cowl and Jane Murfin. In addition to the startingly vivid sound synchronisation, there is a fine musical score, together with the singing of “JeanninSj I Bream of Lilac Time,” by a tepor. “Love Never Bies,” which was originally entitled “Lilac Time,” is a splendid picture, and establishes Miss Moore, already recognised as the screen’s foremost comedienne, in her proper niche as one of the film’s greatest dramatic actresses. A number of excellent short talkie features is also presented. There are some charming Southern songs by Mary Lewis, of the Metropolitan Grand Opera, New York; a humorous sketch by Clyde Cook; banjo items by Max ISchepp; jazz by Abe Lyman’s Orchestra; and humorous items by Val and Ernie Stanton, a clever pair of English comedians.