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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 761, 6 September 1929, Page 14

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TWO BIG TALKIES A trip to Catalina so that he might tako a voyage in the glass-bottomed boat which is one of the features of California’s famous resort preceded Edward Jewell's work on designing sets for the P.D.C. comedy, Geraldine.” said to be one of the best laughmakers of the current screen season. A subterranean room modelled after the oceanic wonders seen through the glass-bottomed boat is a unique feature of a “Shin Cafe” scene in the picture. Seaweed and replicas of various fishes comprise the decoration of the room, which opens into the cafe proper on one side, and on the other three is hung with specially prepared mewl cloth to give the effect of wat;r. The orchestra ** stationed in this unusual chamber. The “Ship Cafe” erected for the picture is modelled after the hold of u ship. Eddie Quillan is featured in “Geraldine,” and Marian Xixon plays the title role. The picture, which will have its premier showing at the Roxy Theatre today, was directed by Melville Brown. Gaston Glass and Albert Gran complete the cast. “Geraldine” is based on one of Booth Tarkington’s best novels. The second big talking attraction on the programme is “The Eeatherneck,” a tale of British soldiers stationed in China, starring the capable actor, William Boyd. This film is an all-talkie and Mr. Boyd's voice is heard to fine effect. The Roxy’s programme also includes some excellent short talkie features.

ROYAL SHOWS “INTERFERENCE” The silent version of the famous dramatic talkie. “Interference,” will be screened at the Royal Theatre. Kingsland this evening. The stars are Doris Ken von, Evelyin Brent. William Powell and Clive Brook, all of whom have had extensive stage experience. • Interference” is a tale laid in the drawing rooms of London society and tells of Lady Marlowe, who married again thinking her first husband was dead. When he suddenly reappeared and threatened to expose her, she had no recourse but to pay him money. The film has many exciting incidents and an intensely dramatic finish. “Modern Marriage,” the second feature, is an unusual tale of matrimonial troubles starring Betty Bronson and Alec B. Francis. SUBURBAN THEATRES At the Prince Edward Theatre this evening the films will be “The Battle of the Sexes” (1). W. Griffith picture starring Jean Hcrsholt and Phyllis Haver) and “The- California Mail” (Ken Maynard). The Grey Lynn Cinema is showing “The Far Call” (a sea tale starring Leila Hyams and Charles Morton), also “The Whirl of Life” (the story of a Continental trapeze artist, starring Fay Malten). CLICK CLACK CABARET Dancing will be enjoyed again tomorrow evening at the luxurious Click Clack Cabaret, Newmarket Although Clyde Howley is away his famous ”Internationals” Orchestra will play, and a very happy time is assured. ACTORS INJURED Ernst Lubitsch’s demand for realism in his latest production, “Eternal Love.’’ a United Artists’ special, starring John Barrymore, resulted in many casualties among the members of the company. During the filming ot a wild carnival scene, both. Barrymore and W leading lady. Camilla Horn, suffered sprained ankles, and several extras had to be give” first-aid treatment. Barrymore had previously sprained both ankles while on location with the Lubitsch Company in the high Canadian Rockies near Banff, and Horn was also injured when slipped and fell as the company, working on a glacier, scurried to safety just in time to escape a slide. Barrymore plays the role of a daredevil mountaineer in this epical fi Jm romance of the Swiss Alps, a Han* Kraly adaptation of Jacob Christopher Heer’s best-selling novel, “Der Koenig der Bernina.”