GRAND AND LYRIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 637, 13 April 1929, Page 15

GRAND AND LYRIC

“PARADISE”

In the British pictures which have been submitted during the past few weeks in Auckland, not only has the standard been well maintained, but in many instances well advanced. That is the case with "Paradise,” a British International picture now at the Grand and Lyric Theatres, in which a distinct advance is most noticeable in every direction.

is presented as a new I Betty and secures triumphs of acting which have been left dormant up till now. All her old vivaciousness is given full I scope, while her I new emotional and dramatic revelations prove that Britain’s first screen favourite is as versatile as she is vivacious. Denison

Clift, the young English producer, has scored a great triumph not only for the pictures, but for his discovery of a new juvenile lead to play opposite Miss Balfour, in the young Frenchman, Alexandre D’Arcy. . „ The story tells of «. little London girl who wins a crossword puzzle which takes her to the French Riviera. There she meets u handsome dancing man, but eventually finds that “Paradise” is to be found at home. “Homesick.” the second feature, is a really amusing comedy of a transcontinental bicycle race with a fortune and a bride as the first prize. Sammy Cohen is one of the contestants, and Marjorie Beebe the girl in the case.

Carl Laemmle jun.’s first talking "Collegians” series are under way at Universal City. Nat Ross is directing. and the peppy young people who have been identified with the principal roles have all successfully passed their talkie tests and will both talk and sing in the fourth series of "The Collegians.”