STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 771, 18 September 1929, Page 17

STRAND

“THE BLACK WATCH” I The real he-man of the silver screen —the star who has a tremendous following the world over and it is a following recruited from all classes of theatregoers—Victor McLaglen, is the star of “The Black Watch,” an alltalkie now at the Strand. Theatre. As Captain Donald King, of “The Black Watch,” McLaglen is not really acting—he is living, in the main, his old life, for there are many things that Captain King, of the Khyber Rifles, experiences in the picture that Victor McLaglen experienced in real life. Coincident with the release of “The Black Watch” on the screens of the world, Myrna Loy will come into her own and take that place she has worked so hard for—a place on the top rung of the film ladder and* a secure niche as the most seductive figure in Cinemaland and one of the greatest exponents of torrid love the screen has yet revealed. She played opposite McLaglen once before in “A Girl in Every Port.” A notably fine supporting cast with such scintillants as David Rollins. Mitchell Lewis. Walter Long. Roy D’Arcy, David Torrence, David Percy and a score of others equally* well known for their ability, the most perfect synchronisation that the screen has yet offered, mass scenes utilising hundreds of picked players, pipe bands. daring horsemen and every ingredient, “The Black Watch” is one of the finest contributions to the screen to date, either silent or sound. This film has received the commendation of the Film Society, who praise both the photography and fine enunciation and voice of the principal actors The talking and singing features which make up the remainder of the programme include an all-talking comedy, “His First Lesson.” a new Fox Movietone News, a Fox Variety' Travelogue. and songs and dances by Randolph’s Royal Hawaiian?.