PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 253, 16 January 1928, Page 13

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

"PAINTING THE TOWN” “Painting the Town” is drawing crowded houses to the Princess and Tivoli Theatres. It is ideal film entertainment built around the adventures of a small-town smart aleck and his adventures in New York. Also, it serves to introduce to the moving picture public a new' comedy star in the person of Glenn Try on. Try on, who has been seen here in short comedies with more or less success, seems to have. hit his stride in “Painting the Town.” As a you Tg village combination of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford with a flare for tricky inventions and wise-cracking, he creates a sensation in New Ydrk on his quest for fame and fortune. His specialties are a quick-stopping front wheel brake automobile, and his interest in a certain Pollies beauty. His efforts in landing a big contract from the Fire Commissioner for his cars, and in winning the interest and heart of the Follies queen provide a rapid succession of laughable situations, and opportunities for funny gags and subtitles. Patsy Ruth Miller is the girl, and as usual is easy to look upon and competent in her acting. The others in the cast are well chosen, including George Fawcett, Charles Gerard, Sidney Bracy and Max Ascher. The picture, which Avas made by Universal, is the screen adaptation of a sto.-y by Harry O. Hoyt, directed by William J. Craft. Tryon won a five vear contract with Universal on the strength of his clever characterisation in thi6 feature. George Fawcett never had a richer opportunity to be his lovablecomical self. “The Blue Danube,” starring Lya Mara, is also being shown. Based on the world famous waltz by Johann Strauss, the picture is indeed one of which the great composer might well be proud. It admirably conveys the spirit of love, life and laughter, which the master violinist helped to create. CAPITOL LAST NIGHT OF “MAN POWER” Clarence Badger has another hit marked down to his credit. The man responsible for such knock-out pictures as “It,” “A Kiss in a Taxi,” “The Campus Flirt,” and “Senorita,” has completed a Richard Dix comedydrama for Paramount, “Man Power," which will be shown for the last time to-night at the Capitol Theatre. In it Dix enacts a former tank corps officer, who settles down in a strange town only because he finds himself mysteriously attracted to Mary Brian. He soon discovers why Mary's father's factory is a failure, and the rest can be guessed. At least, almost everything else can be guessed. The picture's big kick comes on Christmas Eve, when the dam in the hills above Mary's home is about to burst its concrete walls. Of course, Richard comes to the rescue, but how he does it is said to provide one of the most thrilling scenes movie audiences have ever seen. “Rubber Heels,” starring Ed. Wynn, will also be shown. Flobelle Fairbanks, niece of Douglas Fairbanks and Mary’ Pickford, has the role of “Fluffy,” typical English flapper, in “Sorrell and Son,” the Herbert Brenon film production shortly to be released in New Zealand by United Artists. She is a daughter of the late John Fairbanks.