PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 335, 21 April 1928, Page 15

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

“THE LONE EAGLE” “The Lone Eagle,” the Universal- I ewel photo-play of aviation during j lie late world war is now being shown I t the Princess and Tivoli Theatres, j nd the rapt attention with which the rowded houses witnessed the unfoldna of the thrilling story proves conlusively that the public is not tiring f war pictures—and will not as long s they are properly made. The story is written around Billy Holmes, a United States aviator atached to a veteran British unit in France. A particularly tine and exciting piece oncerns the bi'inging down of the ■oung brother of Lebrun, the leader •f the German flyers. Lebrun flies over the allied lines, Iropping an insolent challenge to an air duel to avenge lis brother’s death. Billy accepts the challenge, and that night confesses to lis little French ?irl that his previous heroism lias been nothing but bluster. The girl Loves the American and tries to hold him from what seems certain death, but her patriotism finally prevails and she helps him to reach the field in time to go out against Lebrun. The veteran skill of the German brings Billy’s plane iown in flames, but Billy is not killed. In another duel with Lebrun he kills the German ace. Daring stunts, startling trick riding and the fastest and most thrilling western picture is “The Circus Wagon,” the second feature on the programme, starring Ken Maynard. Xot only is thrill followed by more thrills, but the story itself presents an unusual angle in combining an authentic circus picture with a western background. No one who sees “The Circus Wagon” will fail to be amused and thrilled. They will be getting an authentic picture of the life as it is because the star knows his subject with extreme care.