LYRIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 548, 28 December 1928, Page 12

LYRIC

TWO NEW PICTURES David Butler's latest directorial effort for Fox Films is coming: to the Lyric Theatre this evening. It is titled, “Win That ‘ Girl.” I “Win That Girl,” featuring Sue Carol and David Rollins, is based upon a football feud in the families of the Nortons and the Brawns. The battle runs through three generations, and the action is said to be studded with the most delicious comedy. The original story, “Father and Son,” was written by James Hopper and published in the “Saturday Evening Post.” In the well-selected cast Butler has such good funsters as Roscoe Earns, Tom Elliott, Sidney Bracey, Mack Fluker, Maxine Shelly and * Betty Recklaw. Janet MacLeod, a discovery of Butler’s, is said to be a knockout as Clara Gentle. This part calls for an Amazon, and it is said that Miss MacLeod fills it delightfully. “Sporting Age,” starring Belle Bennett, is the second attraction. There is a generous helping of thrills in this drama of modern sport and strange fascinations. Airplanes, speedboats, racehorses and express trains rushing head-on to destruction will hold one spellbound as the picture unreels. CAPITOL AND EDENDALE TWO FINE PICTURES The picture now at the Capitol and Edendale Theatres, “Riding for Fame,” provides all the thrilling episodes and dramatic situations of Hoot Gibson’s former pictures, but it has added a great deal of comedy and a new note in the telling. As a comedy alone it is one of the funniest of films. It has as plot the theme of a cowboy whose vocation is travelling around from ranch to ranch and breaking-in horses. He meets a girl just returned from colloge, and they are attracted to one another. When the girl’s father is robbed and the cowboy is accused of the theft, he vindicates himself by capturing the real thief after a terrific flight, and returning the money. Much of the interest of the picture is lost in the bare telling, but on the screen it holds the audience enthralled throughout. The second feature at both theatres is a story of how modern movie gazettes are made. This is “Hot News,” starring Bebe Daniels, telling of the thrills, risks and excitement in the securing of vieAvs.