STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 908, 27 February 1930, Page 17

STRAND

LAST DAYS OF “RIO RITA” The gorgeous musical play, “Rio Rita,” is now drawing to the close of its Auckland season at the Strand Theatre, and all lovers of music should not miss these last opportunities of hearing Bebe Daniels and John Boles in the familiar melodies of “Rio Rita.” Detectives may come and detectives may go, but Sherlock Holmes apparently goes on for ever. That is the deduction to be drawn from the actual statistics obtained from the reference department of the New York Public Library. Despite the tremendous popularity of some of Holmes’s more recent successors and imitators, the great figure from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's brain continues to hold his place against allcomers in the hearts of the reading public. “Sherlock Holmes has always been a favourite,” says Miss Frances M. Knator, of the reference department of the New York Public Library. “I can truthfully say that there has been a steady demand for the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories that has kept this group of stories in the forefront of library popularity.” Now “The Return of Sherlock Holmes” has been made info an alltalking Paramount picture and will show at the Strand Theatre as the next attraction. Clive Brook is featured in the role of the master detective and a strong supporting cast has been assembled for the principal roles in this New Show World mystery play.