STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 164, 1 October 1927, Page 5

STRAND

A PROGRAMME of giggles

.lime the Toiler was doomed to sucu She had "it'' an,d with “it” she ked P Fish Jr. —not Poor Fish, but Fish, to label him with his full SSaenal misfortune. fle was a millionaire with only one J** in his ironbound hide and down Til lie tacked and laid her guns to ”, heart. For Tillie felt she owed a h fish to her mother and went boldly " her fortune-hunting. She. while her Conspicuous family ate their proleta- ° chops unnoticed and unsingabie, ;“,jed onward night and day towards U rilUe realised wisely that there were -anoue roads to success. She bad not ™ n to business college a fortnight be- . „ th<3 principal allowed her the leftlanded compliment that she knew as „ uc h ibout business organisation as would ever know. But this Tillie f ,i, n d it capitalised out as well as ‘y business training, the astute use of in intriguing eye. an “innocence” that ha d taken years to acquire, and a whole armoury of the most dangerous weapon, of the sex. “Tillie the Toiler,” the Strand’s comedy-drama for the week, is based on the theme “If Love Were All,” and while Tillie camped on the trail of p e nny Fish’s money-bags Mac McDougall. who. if love were all, would have won by laps, stands off as the big brother. TiUi:>’» adventures in big business are an amusing story. Marion Davies in •he lend shows herself to be one of the screen * most captivating comediennes. Supporting her is an impressive cast of humorous talent. Xext week the programme will be reinforced by the appearance at the talent contest. The gil ls who ha ve now •curec almost all New Zealand are no longer stage amateurs, but have gained an expert insight into stage craft. They are to put on a programme of playlets and screen tests and will also take part in i. jiarade of fashions which is confidently predicted to be one of the most brilliant displays yet seen on the Auckland stage. The Strand das been chosen because o! la peculiar advantages for a display ot this kind and as the final n otes will be recorded there for New Zealand’s ambassaior to Filmland, it is a Dominion fixture of gree t importance. The supportin g part of the programme is a succession of laughs. The inimitable errtoonist of the Aesop fables draws the football match of the cheese stealers against the Jungle College. “Snooky the Humanzee" is a humorous f» mill' story and a nature pictur e of the senders ol the sea and the shore are also included on the programme.