ROXY AND CRYSTAL PALACE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 885, 31 January 1930, Page 15

ROXY AND CRYSTAL PALACE

TWO BIG TALKIES “The Flying Marine,” a flying picture abounding in thrills, is the chief attraction at both the Roxy Theatre. Queen Btreet, and the Crystal Palace Theatre, Mount Eden. Ben Lyon is the star and Shirley Mason the girl. He had loved her silently all his life —yet when his younger brother whom he loved as fervently and as unselfishly a?, a father loves a son, expressed his love for the same girl—he decided to keep silent for ever. On the aviation side “The Flying Marine” shows novel and daring loops, tail spins, barrel rolls, nose dives, parachute leaps, banks, turns and every other spectacular flying stunt known, that will thrill even the most blase-r" <A. second big talking attraction is shown at both theatres in “The Spieler.” a circus story with a large cast composed of Kohler, Alan Hale, Clyde Cook and Renee Adoree. “The Spieler” has fascinating dialogue, marvellous sound effects, a. beautiful theme song, tender romance and a complete musical score.

“Mickey the Mouse” w’ill shortly make his debut to New Zealand picturegoers. He has been acclaimed the uncrowned king of the “Mike.” It is stated that his popularity in England and America is immense, reaching the hearts of young and old. illiterate and literati with more directness than many of the bipedal star?. “Mickey” is the hero of “Talkies.” fairy tale cartoons, and his popularity is so great that he is featured in cinema posters in England in characters as large as those used for billing the stars in the principal pictures. The “Mickey the Mouse” cartoons will shortly be shown io Auck* l iwict* _-