THE PICTURE HOUSES.

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, Issue 203, 11 August 1927, Page 9

THE PICTURE HOUSES.

MUNICIPAL. “Across the Pacific,” the Master Picture which opened at the Municipal last night, is a huge spectacularproduction starring the rough and ready Monte Blue. It is a splendid melodrama built around the love affairs and adventures of a private who goes with the army to the Philippines to capture the rebel Aguinaldo during the SpanishAmerican War. What are said to be some of the finest battle sequences ever filmed advance through jungle and swamp against enemies whom they cannot see, annoyed by tropica] insects and sick with heat and fever. This could not be portrayed on the stage nor does it have great dramatic significance to the eye-witness, but through the magic eye of the camera, which carries one from the advancing line to the enemy's trenches; to an individual native sniper; to a hand-to-hand combat; to a boy easing the last moments of his stricken buddy; to the staffs of the commanding officers; one sees the battle from every angle, gets a more comprehensive view of the battle than even the generals. It is all these things, artfully presented in their proper order, which gives a panoramic splendor impossible of portrayal on the stage. Children under the age of 16 years will not be admitted to this picture. COSY DE LUXE. With the advance in camera technique, male stars of the screen are practically eliminating all forms of make-up. The latest converts to naturalism are Conrad Nagel. Bert Roach, Tom O’Brien and George soldiers of the Allied Army of OccuCooper. These four play typical pation in Germany in “Tin Hats,” the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture now at the Cosy Theatre. It was the suggestion of Edward Sedgwick, the director, that the men appear “au naturelie” and he was borne out in that suggestion by his cameraman, Ben- Reynolds, one of the industry’s most expert cinematographers. Conrad Nagel plays his second soldier role in “Tin Hats.” A year ago Conrad played in “Sun Up,” a dramatic masterpiece which contained a short sequence with him in the army; in his latest production lie is a member of the Army of Occupation in Germany. Claire Windsor has the feminine star role opposite him as a beautiful German frauiein.