GRAND THEATRE.
"The Ifoo*?,"- % stpry p.? ft l>ps> stww'es agafnet a Hie tt;at he has lea.rned tp hftte, is thp roaln attrftctipu at the Grs,na\ Theatre this week, and it p>ew a good hdnye at {he screening lavt eveninjf. Richard Barthelmeaa and Alice Joyce »|e in \ht> le.ajs. The picture is the screen version pf one of iast year's nip'st pppular plays, asd ig a% gsr and vjvid piece of drama. While the plot »'t timeß j« ne'rhapj » !)tt)e weaki nevertheless H. threftds ]ts waj thrpjigh 99 absorbing story to a supces'siu) cbnclu|iph. Both stars' have exceptional p»ts tp flll.'but they "perform The setting is somewhat' pnusual, peing bar hifld, Ifew York's, most' glitteVfeg"4Ura.ctJ9nTTs yo«8, of a powerful bootlefigiag combipo, |hp main events of' the plot are revested, jft is 9, picture which is original in jU treatment of highly-colpqred storjf, blend: inp, as it.floe*, the" l«p of the HeV m\ of Pjfth Ayeniip and that of the JJsist Ma. At no time, is. the audience Allowed to lose interest,' for the ac'tiqn of the picture is rnajntained right to the last, while the fttriosphefg of the cell 0$ |hp' co'nqemned man lends suspense. ". ■' . There is a good supporting prpgxamme, jn : eluding gajettes, an alpine acegic, »n4 *; copedy- '
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Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19389, 15 August 1928, Page 5
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208GRAND THEATRE. Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19389, 15 August 1928, Page 5
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