LYRIC AND GRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 644, 22 April 1929, Page 15

LYRIC AND GRAND

“THE SPY” The supreme mystery-thriller. “The Spy,” is still attracting record audiences at the Grand and Lyric Theatres. “The Spy” is an ingenious story of international espionage and crime on a grand scale, which gives ample opportunity for thrilling incidents on spectacular lines, guaranteed to keep any audience in a state of excited suspense. Brilliant direction, splendid acting, first-class technique and titling make for its success. A logically developed and sincerely played love story provides the connecting link in a swift-moving series of events revealing moments of tragic horror, genuine sentiment,, vivid beauty, diabolical cunning and ruthless cruelty leading to realistic climax. The second feature is “A Woman Against the World,” a dramatic story, starring Georgia Hale and Harrison Ford. “THE CASE OF LENA SMITH” COMING TO PLAZA AND TIVOLI James Hall and Fred Kohler have changed places. In "The Case Of Lena Smith,” directed by Josef von Sternberg, for Paramount, Kohler has a sympathetic .role and James Hall is seen in a menacing part. ThU picture will open at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres next Thursday. In this romance between a dashing young cavalry officer in the Austrian army, and a Hungarian peasant girl, Ksther Ralston is Lena Smith, who comes to Vienna for adventure. After a caree.r or romantic leads, Hall plays a villain s role opposite the blonde star. Fred Kohler, who is remembered tor his villainous roles in “Forgotten Faces” and “The Drag Net,” is seen in the part of a Hungarian farmer, who gives his ten years’ earnings to he.p the girl recover her child.