TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 177, 17 October 1927, Page 15

TIVOLI

“TAXI! TAXI!” Many hearty Laughs, an hour or more of highly enjoyable entertainment, and not a few thrills constituted the ambitious offering of the Tivoli Theatre’s programme this week, where “Taxii Taxi!” the Universal-Jewel featuring Edward Everett Horton is the main attraction. The picture is pure farce and pretends to be nothing else, but it is farce excellently done, with many new situations and staged in a rapid tempo that permits of no dull moments. Edward Everett Horton’s performance in the featured role leaves nothing to be desired. A star of the stage *s well as the screen, he is a highly talented performer, and his work In “Taxi! Taxi!” is more tlian just comedy, for his characterisation of the timid Man-Afraid-of-Hi* Job is exceptionally human, and his shy attempts to meet the lady in the cast! are very true to life. Marian Nixon, who seems to have won a special niche for herself in pictures of this kind as leading woman for Reginald Denny and other light comedy stars, plays the feminine lead and does it in a manner which demonstrates clearly why she is becoming one of the screen's most popular young actresses. Burr Mclntosh. Lucien Littlefield. William V. Mong. Edward Mertindel and Freeman Wood lend assistance with uniformly excellent portrayals in the supporting cast.