“THE GARDEN OF ALLAH”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 28 July 1928, Page 14

“THE GARDEN OF ALLAH”

AT MAJESTIC NEXT WEEK A terrific sandstorm in the desert, sheiks in gorgeous costumes, camel caravans miles long, 2,000 Arabs at prayer, Ouled Nail dancing girls, sand diviners and fortune-tellers are but a few of the unusual sights to be seen in “The Garden of Allah,” Rex Ingram’s screen version of Robert Hitchens’s novel, which comes to the Majestic next week. This ne wMetro-GoliJwyp-Mayer production carries an intensely gripping story, and tells of a Trappist monk who forsook his vows in order to seek the freedom of the outer world, of the love storm that enveloped him and all but overcome him forms the subject of one of the greatest dramas ever screened. The photography is exquisite, and each scene has a unique loveliness of setting. Alice Terry has the leading feminine role, and plays the part of a young English aristocrat who sacrifices all for love. ROYAL SHOWS “NEVADA” “Nevada,” an exciting Western-story, will be shown this evening at the Royal Theatre, Kingsland, with a strong cast, including Gary Cooper, William Powell and Thelma. Todd. “Nevada” is a tale of the West, when aman’s best friends were his horse and six-shooter; when women were heroines, when cattle rustlers and bad men roved in ferocious bands, when the wide plains offered thrilling adventure, and life depended on the quickness of a man’s draw. It was the era in which the Old West was just beginning to fade, and the lawful element was serving notice that outlawry would no longer be tolerated. “Won in the Clouds,” a story about an aviator, will also be shown.