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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19478, 26 December 1925, Page 20 (Supplement)

It is difficult to imagine Wesley Barry grown up, yet this is how he is seen, and to great advantage, in ‘‘The Fighting Cub,” shortly to bo released in New Zealand by Universal. This picture marks a new era in the popularity of this erstwhile juvenile star.

The regular calibre of players characteristic of Waner Bros, productions aro assembled in “A Broadway Butterfly.” a coming Master Picture. It includes Louise Fazenda, Willard Louis, Dorothy Devore, Cullen Eandis. Lilyan Tashraan, John Roche, Wilfred Lucas and Margaret Seddon.

Fi’.i fans who enjoy Frank Mayo’s screen characterisations may have" the last chance to see him fur sc ; time in First National's dramatic film, ‘‘The Necessary Evil,” an early release. *■ <• W ' w Important current releases announced by Paramount will include:— ‘‘Scaramouche” the great Rex Ingram story by Rafael Sabatini; ‘‘Mesdame Sans Gene,” Gloria Swanson’s great screen success from the Victor Sardon play of the same name; and ‘‘Peter Pan,” James M. Barrie’s immortal story with Betty Bronson in the lead. ‘‘The Wild Moth,” the novel written by Mrs M. Forrest of Queensland, has been adapted for the cinema, and on November 27 was screened for the first time in Sydney at the Prince Edward Theatre. The film, under the title of ‘‘The Moth of Moonbi,” illustrates station life in Queensland. The story running through it is dramatic, has a thrilling ‘‘heart interest,” and pUnty of adventure, and will (says a <■ *ic) undoubtedly make a wide" ap peal.