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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 937, 2 April 1930, Page 14

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FINE PROGRAMME There are two main attractions on the splendid programme to be presented at the Roxy Theatre for the first time today. The first of these is the official film record of the famous Sarron-Donovan boxing match in Wellington last Saturday. The film is said to be particularly clear and holds the interest of the audience throughout. It is especially interesting as a supplement to the views of the first Sarron-Donovan fight shown at the Roxy last week. “Mexicali Rose,” a Columbia alltalking picture which will be the second attraction, is a film overwhelming in its dramatic intensity, stirring action and suspensive moments. The plot is built around “Happy” Manning, owner of a gay gambling dive. He leads a double life. “Happy’s” affections are divided between two persons—his young brother Bob and his sweetheart, “Mexicali Rose.” Bob knows nothing of the existence of Rose, but Rose knows all about Bob and “Happy’s” devotion to him. The outcome of this is that the gambler, catching the girl in an infidelity, drives the girl from the resort one night. She avenges herself by spreading her net for Bob and luring him into marriage. Barbara Stanwyck, as the vividly fascinating but heartless coquette Rose, plays her part with keen appreciation of its dramatic possibilities. Equally noteworthy is Sam Hardy’s portrayal of the big-hearted gambler,