“BRIGADIER GERARD” TO-NIGHT

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 274, 9 February 1928, Page 19

“BRIGADIER GERARD” TO-NIGHT

PRINCESS, TIVOLI AND EVERYBODY’S Motion pictures in which feminine spies have played conspicuous roles invariably have met with public favour. “Three Faces East,” in which Jetta Goudal was seen as a clever agent of the British Secret Service, presented a most pointed example of the popularity of films of this, nature. Now, Phyllis Haver steps to the fore as the newest feminine secret service agent of the films. In “Brigadier Gerard,” a new Be Mille romantic picture which stars Bod La Rocque, and which will be on view at the Princess, Tivoli, and Everybody’s Theatres tonight, Miss Haver portrays a beautiful countess, a confidant of Napoleon. In this screen version of Conan Doyle’s famous novel Miss Haver, while on an important mission for Napoleon, encounters La Rocque in the little rural village of Andorra, in the Pyrenees. He is an innkeeper’s grandson, and loves to fight. He had an unquench able yearning to enlist in the battletried forces of Napoleon. Circumstances require that she enlist La Rocque’s aid, and he is involved in he** mysterious activities. Later, through his bravery and daring, he wins the heart of the countess and the sincere friendship and gratitude of Napoleon. Prominent in the supporting cast are Julia Faye, Sam DeGrasse, Max Barwyn, Clarence Burton, and Sally Rand. The second feature at the Princess and Tivoli will be “Home*-made," starring Johnny Hines. A. splendid cast of players and comedians appears in support of Johnny Hines, with Margery Daw in the leading feminine role. Others figuring prominently are Edmund Breese, De Witt Jennings, Charles Gerard, Margaret Seddon, and Maud Turner Gordon. An extra treat is promised in the appearance of Johnny’s pets, Loretta, his parrot, and Buster, his dog. “Home-made” is declared to be the funniest comedy Johnny Hines has ever made, giving the comedian an opportunity to appear as a country boy, a Pullman porter, a ladies’ maid, a waiter in a hotel, and a high-powered ,jam salesman. In fact, the story deals with the successful attempt of Johnny to put his mother’s home-made jam on the retail market.