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An unusual fcatui-j bf ‘The Life of Riley,’ starring Charlie Murray and George Sidney, which will bo screened at the Empire Theatre to-night for the last time, is the love affair enacted by June Marlow and Stephen Carr. It is straight romance rather than comedy. Plot, too, enters into tho story through the efforts of Riley, tho fire chief, to sell his fire extinguisher invention, and tho villain’s almost successful attempts to foil him. The opportunities for comedy afforded by village atmosphere are enhanced by the arrival of a big circus in town, and other events that afford contrast and colour.
‘ Gigolo’ is on the same bill, and is Rod La Roque’s now picture dealing with life in Parisian cafes in the period after the war. The theme is au attractive one and is nicely worked out to a happy ending. The local features cover the second and third days’ racing at the Dunedin Jockey Club’s winter meeting, and the South African war veterans’ memorial parade. The orchestral music is an added attraction.
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Evening Star, Issue 19892, 14 June 1928, Page 10
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174EMPIRE Evening Star, Issue 19892, 14 June 1928, Page 10
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