PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 353, 14 May 1928, Page 15

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

TWO BIG FILMS A gripping story of the effect of domestic home life on the career of a rising prize-fighter is presented on the screen in the Universal Jewel production, “The Count of Ten,” starring Charles Ray, which will be shown at the Princess and Tivoli Theatres* tonight. Charles Ray plays the role of a successful middle-weight fighter and fits his characterisation to perfection. He combines physique and boxing manner with acting ability that makes this picture something out of the ordinary. His losing fight with the middle-weight champion provides a boxing ring sequence seldom if ever equalled on the sceen before, while his poignant piece of acting when he attempts bravado to hide the agony’ of suffering over a fractured hand will compel a tear in many'- eyes. Altogether, it is one of the most appealing characterisations Ray has ever attempted. The second feature is “The Chaser,*’ Harry’ Langdon’s greatest comedv to date. Langdon plays the part of a muchmarried man who has been thoroughly’ domesticated by r an attractive but talkative wife and by r a strenuous mother-in-law. But one night he attends a dance for an hour or two with Bud, his boy friend. Mother-in-law and wife prepare a merry dance at home- against the return of the gay Lothario. The dance ends in a free-for-all, and Harry escapes home at a mad hop to be confronted by his irate family. He has on his “lodge” uniform, which includes a sword, and during his attempts to hide under the table he manages clumsily to stick “mother” with the end of the sword. Glady’S McConnell, Bud Jaimison and Helen Hayward have the principal roles in support.