CIVIC TALKIES.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19735, 27 September 1929, Page 18

CIVIC TALKIES.

FAMOUS PLAY WITH ENGLISH PLAYERS. 13 I" LLDUIr I>RU HiCON D. >,eu- features ar.d refinements in sound are promised it l - slie latest achievement of the Western Electric reproducing system now be ; ng installed at the Civic Theatre. and vhich v.:!l be officially introduced to Christchurch to-uigbl l>y the Mayor. The seating capacitv or the theiitre will be taxed to its utmost." judfc'iug by the advanced reservadon't, a !i:c! that speaks eloquc-ntly of the v.-idt-'pread interest that has been aroused in V; ■ u'stalSacion oi ta'kies at the Civic. The to" whivh patrons at. this theatre are accustoinpil is. it '* promised. to be maintained in tn.-t >.*>-.• talkie pictures. The selection o*i the opening picture is a particularly bappv one. judging from the reports of the Emrli»h Press. " The feature chosen. • 'Bnlldog L rumtnond,' " is suid to be a mo-rt definite step forvatul i3l talking pictures. l'.s popularity in T.oudeu, uhere it ha- hi oken all records of the Tivoii Theatre, is. remarkable. Tli~- eoaiiug screening at the Civic is the premiere t. ■ for the IHmiinion. and it is declared that thousand-- veil! be thrilled with the tilro in country as they are being thrilled in linden. IJenald Colman, a cha rini !i z yeing tor several years past * most (...pubir leadiii-; man in the silent film makes iiis dehnt in an all-talking picture in the leading rote as (aptain Hugh ftriinvnoml. It i; .said to he his tinetlachievement. Tli> voice and his diction are B'atf-fi u< be perfectly in character with his pre vioi; -! v ftfiblissiirk magnetic persona Hty. As ho is' assisted hy a cast of all English e-t£.■;»•« ]"»la\i-Ts viiMurcgftTs vil! find tne Kin? s English spoken irnpeoi nbn . The filvn has been adapted from "Sapper's" stage fuccfs?, >vhich ran f«»r over twelve months in London >rith Sir CWjrald riu Msurier in the leading TI; c ven v y concerns au ex - Army officer M-ho tiros of the monotony of civilian life. Too rich to work and too intelligent to play, he seeks Jidrenturo. excitement, and danger through an advertisement in the London '•Timet-/' The fighting spirit and stubborn courage that had won for Captain Drummond honours in battle rise to new heights when an unknown irirl s.e*ids him a call for help* There are brilliantly depicted episodes, mysterious and alarming, and sometimes uproariously funnv. The been a«> enthusiastically by the Press in London and America. Th** "New Time? reportod .is follows:—-''A beguiling lecture. It is ono of those treats that come along only too rarely. Tfs «-hief attribute, besides being magnificently is that it is set forth with a most agreeable ot humour.'* Some excellent short talking features havo beeu added to the programme, vhich includes* a magnificent New Zealand Govfrnnoent pub* lioitv'tllm on "Sworda-shing," vith sound and talking nnveltie*. Box plans at The Bristol and the Farmers' Co-operative Assocaition are filling rapidly. Country client* may m*kft reservations- through any branch of the Farmers' Co-operative Association.