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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1008, 26 June 1930, Page 18

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“HER UNBORN CHILD 1 '

The talkie, “Her Unborn Child,** is attracting record houses to every session at the National Theatre.

The play, dealing in dramatic fashion with a delicate phase of every day life, aroused keen discussion among the millions who viewed it in play form, and has been the most discussed stage entertainment of the present theatrical era.

As an audible screen offering, ‘ Her j Unborn Child’* has been adapted to the screen by Frederic and Fanny Hatton, the well-known team of playwrights, who have to their credit many stage successes, including “Lombardi, Ltd,” which was used for a number of years as a starring vehicle by Leo Carillo. The direction is by Albert Ray, who was the man behind the megaphone in the filming of a series of features sponsored by Fox and Tiffany-Stahl. A bona fide cast of Broadway stars interpret the leading roles in “Her Unborn Child,” players who, in several instances, enacted the same roles during the eight months’ run of the play at the Eltinge Theatre in New York City. Among the players are Adele Ronson, Harry Davenport, Frances Underwood. Paul Clare. Doris Rankin. Elisha Cook, junr., Pauline Drake, Elizabeth Wragge and Frances Grant. The feature was produced at the Brothers’ studio and recorded by the De Forest phonofilm system. In the matter of startling dialogue and strong situations, the producers have adhered to the frank treatment accorded is as a stage vehicle, at the same time elevating it from the standpoint of directorial handling to the class of first-run film-fare. A full programme of short talkie supports is also being presented.