TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 162, 29 September 1927, Page 16

TIVOLI

“THE DIXIE FLYER” 1 1 One of the unusual sequences in < “The Dixie Flyer,” the Rayart Superior « melodrama which, with Cullen Land's s and Eva Novak in the leading roles I is now on display at the Tivoli 1 Theatre, shows what the younger generation calls a “wild party,” staged in 1 the home of Vice-president Bedford 1 of the S. and W. Railroad. The scenic investiture of this one sequence is as i lovely as anything to b e found in any production anywhere. Gorgeouslygowned women and perfectly appointed men move through scenes of rare beauty, wherein fountains play ana fantastically garbed characters disport themselves. By way of contrast there are the scenes in a railroad con-’ struetion camp at Black River, where life at best is a primitive sort of thing and where men’s passions lie very close to the outward veneer of civilisation. But, be the setting what it may —palace or shack—there are thrills thrills, and still more thrills. Cullen Landis contributes some of them- so too, does Eva Novak. All in all ’ and viewed from every angle, “The Dixie Flyer” is screen entertainment of an extraordinarily high calibre, and reflects great credit upon H. H. Van Loan, its author. Charles Hunt, its director, and Rayart Pictures Corporation, who are sponsoring its screen career. Janies Hall and Louise Brooks two of the most popular featured players in the Paramount organisation, are cast in the leading roles of “Rolled Stockings,” the “youth picture” soon to be released. Hall started work in this immediately- after he had finished as leading man for Bebe Daniels in ’Senorita.” Louise Brooks had just finished a featured role in support of Adolphe Menjou in “Evening Clothes.”- j.