GRAND AND LYRIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 834, 30 November 1929, Page 16

GRAND AND LYRIC

“THE BIG HOP” Last evening the Grand and Lyrfc Theatres showed Buck Jones’s special production, “The Big Hop,” featuring Jobyna Ralston. “The Big Hop” is the first picture to be made by Buck Jones since he became head of his own producing corn* pany. It is a drama of thrilling adventure in the air, but Buck Jones » still true to his famous horse, Silver, who plays a prominent part in th« picture, which includes an exciting sequence that is framed in a thundering stampede. , “The Big Hop” is by far the most pretentious thing that this star has ever done. The story centres about* youth who finds it difficult to settle down on his father’s ranch and himself useful. Gripped by the in l *** the air, the rash young man decides* take a long chance—and loses. “East Side, West Side.” the se*-«* big attraction, is an exciting of poverty and riches in New Turn starring George O’Brien. CRYSTAL PALACE, MT. EDEN Richard Dix has the leading rokjj “The Wheel of Life,” the enjoyaow “talkie” which is the principal featur* at the Crystal Palace Theatre. , The film is a romantic drama. the background is laid in India. wft Dix is seen as the dashing caPJJjof a British military post, who in love with the beautiful wife oi j superior officer. They abandon tn romance for the honour of the rep* ment, and Dix is transferred to "s other regiment. Months later, whe* , charge of a lonely outpost, he recei word that natives have surrounoeu party of British travelers in a hist maintain monastery. He his scMiers to the rescue. Fierce ing almost -‘heir progress, the monastery is finally reached, finds the girl and a party of to _ - trying to defend the building. A** j ber of thrilling sequences- fol* o ** an exciting climax is reached.