“SLIDE, KELLY, SLIDE”

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 89, 6 July 1927, Page 15

“SLIDE, KELLY, SLIDE”

AT STRAND ON FRIDAY The new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, “Slide, Kelly, Slide,” to be shown at the Strand Theatre on Friday, is unique. In the first place, the director, Edward Sedgwick, filmed the World Series Baseball Games, took its crucial moments and wove them into a dramatic background for his story. Thousands yelling in grandstands; the nation’s two foremost teams at death grips, this is the colourful atmosphere of the picture. In this is woven a story of baseball; the story of a youngster who learns to play brilliantly, becomes a star, gets “swelled head” thereby and then learns the greatest lesson in life. It is a thrilling and absorbing story told amid the surge and thunder of the great sporting game. William Haines, who played the hero of “Brown of Harvard” was the man for Kelly. His whimsical humour and inimitable portrayal do much to make the picture what it is, and Sally O’Neil makes a very piquant heroine. Harry Carey is seen in one of tlxe most remarkable roles of the picture as a veteran player. Karl Dane as the lanky “Swede,” has a role that will bo remembered almost as long as his •Slim” in "The Big Parade.” Eileen Sedgwick and Dane do an inimitable piece of comedy. Dorothy Sebastian, Paul Kelly, Warner Richmond, Guinn Williams, Junior Coughlan. all have roles they fill admirably.