STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 912, 4 March 1930, Page 14

STRAND

“THE RETURN OF SHERLOCK HOLMES’’ Today is the last day of the long and successful Auckland season of the glorious singing picture “Rio Rita,*’ at the Strand Theatre, and picturegoers have this last oppurtunity of hearing Bebe Daniels and John Boles in the familiar Rio songs. Detectives may come and detectives may go, but Sherlock Holmes apparently goes on forever. Despite the tremendous popularity of some of Holmes’ more recent successors and imitators, the great figure of Sir A. Conan Doyles imagination continues to hold his place against all comers in the hearts of the reading public. Now Sherlock Holmes is in the movies. “The Return of Sherlock Holmes’* is the all-talking Paramount picture, commencing a season at the popular Strand Theatre tomorrow. Clive Brook has the featured role as Sherlock Holmes. In ‘ The Return of Sherlock Holmes,’’ the famous sleuth comes out of retirement to clear the name of Roger Longmore, so tha; he can marry the daughter of Dr. Watson. The adventure brings him to the United States for the first tim>> and into the most thrilling chase of his entire career. Brook, who recently played one of the quarter of featured roles in “Charming Sinners,” now has the toU of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective. The story deals with the return of the master man-hunter, following his retirement. He follows and brings to law a band of international radiotappers who use the world as their field of operations. This picture was produced by tha London manager, Basil Dean. Tha cast includes besides Clive Brook, E„ Reeves-Smith, as Dr. Watson. Belt/ Lawford, Charles Hay, Phillips Holmes, Donald Crisp, Harry T. Morey, Hubeit Druce and Arthur Mack. “THE COCK-EYED WORLD” COMING TO THE PLAZA A couple of leatherneck Don Juans! That’s a trite way to characterize Edmund Lowe and Victor McLaglen as “Sergeant Quirt” and “Top Sergeant Flagg” in the Fox Movietone all talking . production, “The Cock-Eyed World,” directed by Raoul Walsh and opening at the Plaza Theatre with a midnight premiere on Friday. Based on a story written by Laurence Stallings and Maxwell Anderson, who co-authored the unforgettable “What Price Glory,” Lowe and McLaglen are still in the marines, though it is peace time, but plenty of fighting in the tropics—and between themselves. Pals, buddies, brothers, everything is great until one falls for a “femme,” Then each claims priority and the innocent cause of the trouble must stand by while they tell each other aplenty. Of their many love affairs, three stick out prominetrfly; one in the tropics with the gorgeous Lily Damita, another in cold Russia with fascinating Lelia Karnelly, and the third at Coney Island with a real, flip American girl, Jean Bary. Around these scorching love affairs are incidents of a most human nature, with pathos, tears, smiles, romance and thrills. VICTORIA, DEVONPORT “Light Fingers,” the chief talking picture on the talkie programme now being presented at the Victoria Theatre, Devonport, is a highly €;xciting story of an expert bank bobber. lan Keith plays the leading role, supported by Dorothy Revier, and the whole production is thrilling in the extreme.

Herbert Brenon’s first talking’ picture. “Lummox.” has a cast that includes Winifred Westover, Ben Lyon, William Collier, junr.. Dorothy Janis and Edna Murphy. Based on Fannie Hurst's novel, this film is completed and will soon be released. Mn Brenon’s picture has been set to German by Fred Zelnic, German actors’ voices being synchronised with liP movements of the American screen actors who talked in the English picture.