ROXY AND CRYSTAL PALACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 747, 21 August 1929, Page 16

ROXY AND CRYSTAL PALACE

“THE DONOVAN AFFAIR” The poular film player, Jack Holt, plays the leading role in “The Donovan Affair,” the all-talking picture which is now drawing to the close of f its season at both the Roxy, Queen j Street, and Crystal Palace. Mount Eden, Theatres. Lorothy Revier has j the leading feminine role, and the rest j of the cast includes several well- j known. actors. The film, although of a melodramatic nature, has been treated in a light style by the director. There are numerous amusing incidents in the picture, and these are provided largely by Fred Kelsey and Ethel Wales. The sensational portion of the film commences when Donovan, a notorious gambler, is stabbed in the back in the dark after a dinner. A number of guests at dinner, all hostile to Donovan. come under suspicion, and the players of these roles, by clever acting, assist to make the film a very exciting one, with a thrilling climax. The next all-talking attraction at the Roxy will be “The Man I Love,” starring Mary Brian and Richard Arlen Mary Brian is cast as the sweet, charming, unsophisticated girl whom Arlen marries. Hers is a love that never dies. She sees through the faults and mistakes of her man and loves him unfailingly. She loves her home, and tries to do everything in her power to make Arlen happy. \\ illing to sacrifice everything for her husband, she is. the type of wife who loves her husband through thick and thin. Richard Arlen, who started with Wellman in “Wings,” also played important parts in “Beggars of Life” and ‘Ladies of the Mob.” In this latter picture Clara Bow was the star. These two pictures were voted among the finest turned out by any studio last year. At the Crystal Palace, Mount Eden, an entirely new programme will be presented from next Saturday, headed by the all-talking and laughing success, “Give and Take,” starring George Sidney and Jean Hersholt.