CRYSTAL PALACE’ MT. EDEN
“CLEAR THE DECKS”
An hilarious farce comedy of the mix-ups that follows a young man’s sailing for a sea voyage under an assumed name in place of a friend is
coming to the Crystal Palace, Mt Eden this evening, when “Clear the Decks,” Reginald Denny's first talkie, is to be eh own. Denny is supported by a strong cast in which Olive Hasbrouck plays the feminine lead and Lucien Littlefield and Otis Harlan have the chief supporting roles. All have excellent speaking voices. Not the least important member of the cast was a nanny-goat, unThe picture was adapted from the popular novel, “When the Devil was Ssiek," by E. J. Rath. Joseph Henabery, one of Hollywood’s comedy wizards, directed the film. Denny demonstrates In this comedy that his long training on the stage fitted him to be an ideal talkie star. The talking and sound programme u.t the Crystal Palace this evening will Include a specially-synchronised version of the delightful comedy “The Cohens and the Kellys.” Guthrie McClintic has arrived in Hollywod and will joint the fastgrowing Fox colony. After staging many of the successful Theatre Guild plays, McClintic will try his hand at movies and his first picture will be •‘Such Men aro Dangerous.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 756, 31 August 1929, Page 20
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209CRYSTAL PALACE’ MT. EDEN Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 756, 31 August 1929, Page 20
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