ROXY

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 765, 11 September 1929, Page 17

ROXY

LAST DAYS OF “LEATHERNECK” “Geraldine,” an entertaining rnelo- i drama with a background of modern America, is still at the Roxy Theatre, Queen Street, where it is presented with singing and synchronised music, and some talking sequences. Eddie Quillan and Marion Nixon are the stars of this Booth Tarkington story. Eddie Abel is a boy who lives by his wits. In search of a job he stumbles into the office of John P. A\ r ygate, successful business man and adoring father. AYygate’s daughter. Geraldine, is in love with a young lawyer, Bell Cameron, a dapper heartbreaking youth. Bell is not particularly interested in Geraldine, who just misses being attractive by a hjck of style and smartness. The second big attraction at the Roxy is “The Leatherneck,” a dramatic tale of a military court-martial, starring AA’illiam Boyd. It’s a talking picture. On Friday the Roxy will present an entirely new programme, when for the second time there will be two talkies on the same programme. The first of these new attractions will be “The Office Scandal.” an unusually thrilling newspaper drama, presented as a part talkie-, with singing and music, featuring Phyllis Haver, Raymond Hatton, and Margaret Livingston. The second picture Is an all-talkie. This is “Strange Caj*go,” a sensational murder and sea mystery tale, interpreted by a large cast of stage and screen players. Byron Morgan, one of the best known scenario writers in the motion picture industry, has renewed his contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Morgan has written scores of successful screen plays for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including “Rookies.” “The Cameraman” and "The Flying Fleet '