PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 74, 18 June 1927, Page 15

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

“HANDS' ACROSS THE BORDER” For that ingratiating: combination of cleanliness, vigour, Speed and the ele-’ ments of comedy, romance and down-to-the-ground drama, one must award the palm to Fred Thomson. Thomson’s latest Western drama, “Hands Across the Border,” is now being shown at the Princess and Tivoli theatres, where Its melodramatic narrative grips capacity audiences at all performances. Thomson has dedicated his career to clean motion pictures. Each production is carefuly analysed before the cameras grind. It goes through a metriculous process of editing. Suggestive scenes are ruthlessly cut out. Censorable passages are also pruned. The entire story Is thoroughly laun<Slered. “Hands Across the Border*’ is a vigorous story of the adventures of a youth raised in the East amid luxurious surroundings of smart country clubs and drawing rooms. He goes West on a mission for his father, and fights his way to triumph against overwhelming odds, thereby proving conclusively that a youth reared in luxury need not be weak and snobbish. There is a world of fast action melodrama with Fred and Silver King always in the forefront. Comedy, too, and a fine note of young romance. "Hands Across the Border” is a notably pleasing photo-play, one of the best of the Thomson offerings to date. The cast, ably directed by David! Kirkland in this story by Frank M. Clifton, includes the following artists: Tyrone Power, Bess Flowers, William Courtwright, Clarence Geldert, and Tom Santschi.