PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 84, 30 June 1927, Page 15

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

VARIETY ENTETRAINMENT To brighten up to-night’s big programme at the Princess and Tivoli Theatres the management has gone out of its way to find threte excellent vaudeville turns. This break of human interest in the shadow-show of the movies is a most commendalbe one. Something out of the way in rhythmical dancing is stepped by Delroy and Dela.ney, who introduce “The Man with the Rubber Face,’’ and fill their quarter of an hour with sparkling comedy. Then Asquith’s Entertainers, a diverting duo, provide a high-class musical interlude. The woman has a pleasing soprano and Mr. Stanley Asquith sings in a fine baritone. Imitation of the farmyard noises and the calls of birds and beast is humorous and clever. Hats McKay goes ahead with his black-faced art on the bajno, the Chinese ukulele and the steel guitar, and is bound to draw the big laughs at to-night’s entertainment. He is a comedian with a sense of originality. Hoot Gibson will be seen on the screen to-night in his latest Western comedy, “The Denver Dude.” Gibson is noted for his swift-moving pictures in which action, conedy and thrills are skilfully intermingled, and “The Denver Dude’’ ranks among the I best productions the popular star has j ever done. Although Western in its locale, and with much action typical of this type i of picture, “The Denver Dude” is more than a “Western” in the usual sense of the word. It is light comedy, with the inimitable Hoot riding the crest of every scene and situation with his winning personality always beaming though and his innate sense of comedy always foremost. An unusually large cast of players gives the star excellent support, and a number of well-known and popular screen personalities are to be seen in the picture. Blanche Mehaffey makes an attractive leading woman for Gibson, and Glenn Tryon and “Slim” Summerville assist the star in lending comedy to the picture. Robert McKim, Howard Truesdell, Harry Todd, Mathilde Brundage, Rolfe Sedan and others are also in the cast. “The Denver Dude” is a UniversalJewel production, directed by Reaves Eason, to whom a large share of the credit should go for the excellence of the picture. Earle Snell wrote the story on which the picture is based, and Carl Krusada and William Lester adapted to the scneen. *