“BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 143, 7 September 1927, Page 15

“BARDELYS THE MAGNIFICENT”

AT MAJESTIC ON FRIDAY Rafael Sabatini has written some of th© most entertaining novels of the present century, and of these none is more popular than “Bardelys the Magnificent.” The story of this greatest of love romances is painted with vigour and charm on the broad canvas afforded by the colourful life of France, and the author s vivid imagination is allowed full play in the tale he unfolds of romance, adventure, and intrigue. Like Sabatini’s other great novel, “The Sea Hawk.” “Bardelys the Magnificent” has beer transferred with marked success to the screen. Produced by Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer, under the direction of King Vidor, the man responsible for “The Big Parade,” “Bardelys the Magnificent” will be

shown for the first time in New Zealand at the Majestic Theatre, commencing at the matinee on Friday afternoon next. This picture proved itself to be one of the outstanding successes of the present year, and it ; enjoyed an uninterrupted season of six and a-half months at the Astor Theatre, New York. The star player. John Gilbert, as the swashbuckling Bardelys, is credited by the American Press as achieving “nothing short of a genuine triumph.” A particularly strong supporting cast includes Karl Dane, Roy H’Arcy, George K. Arthen, and Arthur Lubin. Special music vail be a feature of the presentation. An added attraction, which will precede the chef d’ouvre, will be the very vrelcome of the “Whispering Bajtjtorfe” and entertainer, Mr. Jack Lumsdaipe. Box plans . *• available at the Majestic Theatre. - tion, will serve a - Ivis Moran's first starring picture. Ldmund Lowe has the male lead.,