CRYSTAL PALACE, MT. EDEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 758, 3 September 1929, Page 15

CRYSTAL PALACE, MT. EDEN

“CLEAR THE DECKS” An hilarious farce comedy of the mix-ups that follow a young man » sailing for a sea volage under an as sumu) name in placu of a. rriend is now at the Crystal Palace Theatre, ii’ Kden. in "Clear the Deokr.” Reginald Denny’s first talkie. Denny is supported by a strong cast in which Olive Hasbrouck p'ays the feminine h-ad and Lucien Littlefield and Otis Harlan hnvo the chief supporting roles. The others include Co'I ette Merton. Rmoks Benedict. Robert ! Anderson and Rlinor Leslie. Vot the | least important member of the cast I was a nanny-goat, untrained, t The picture was adapted from the ' popular novel. ' When the Devil was i Sick," by K J. Rath Joseph Hens [ here, one of Hollywood’s comedy wit - i ards. directed the film. Denny Jeroon- | strates in this comedy that his ions training on the stage fitted him to loan ideal talkie star. The Crystal Palace programme air., includes the amusing comedy —Die Cohens and Kellys.” starring Georg. Sidney and Charlie Murray, presentsd with a special musical synchronisation George Robey's first talkie, a sketch entitled Tho Barrister,” is screened also sights and sounds at the London Cenotaph last Armistice Day The first shots for the new UFA. film High Treason.” have just bee-, taken at the Meu babe Is berg studios under the direction of Johannes Mev.v with Alfred Zeisler supervising. Th» first scene presented a hearing at a Russian police station. The leading female part is being played by Oerdi \[uurus who gained international repo ration as tie- result of her splendid acting in Frit* Lang’s "The Spy." and who will also be seen in "The Girl in the Moon. Gustav Froelich plays tne I leading male past.