STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 665, 17 May 1929, Page 15

STRAND

“IN OLD ARIZONA” Warner Baxter’s marvellous speaking; voice soon will be beard around the world in “In Old Arizona,” Fox Films first feature-length picture to be made wholly in Fox Movietone, which is daily entertaining the audiences at the Sti'and Theatre. Baxter, who has been eminently successful as a male lead in pictures, so much so that he enjoys an enviable popularity with picture devotees the world over, came to the screen after several years as a leading man of the speaking .stage, and in that branch of his profession one of his chief assets was his voice. Obviously the screen, until now, has been denied that voice, but it has come back, through the medium of Fox Movietone, more glorious, more resonant, more vibrant than ever. It is heard in his portrayal of “Cisco Kid,” that very colourful bandit of the romantic days in the old South-west. “In Old Arizona” is notable, too, for the reason that it has been filmed in its entirety outside of a studio and in locations far removed from Hollywood. “In Old Arizona” teems with drama and has a superlative cast. Included with Warner Baxter are Edmund Lowe, Farrell McDonald. Dorothy Burgess,, Ivan Linow and Joe Brown. Patrons at the Strand Theatre are also entertained by an excellent programme of short “talkie” features by the famous Fox Movietone. Firsl there are a number of melodious Honolulu. songs and hula dances by theRoyal Hawaiian Singers, and a most enjoyable turn by the English musical comedy actress, Beatrice Lillie. There is also a Fox Movietone Gazette, with events of the day in sight and sound.