PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 369, 1 June 1928, Page 15

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

“THE WHIP WOMAN” An exceedingly enjoyable and varied programme was provided at the Princess and Tivoli Theatres, last night. One of the pictures is a dramatic story of Hungary after the war, and the other picture a delightfully amusing tale of scandal in a small American town. Two such well-known names in the motion-picture world as Antonio Moreno and Estelle Taylor, had the cast in “The Whip Woman." Again Miss Taylor demonstrated that she is one of the finest actresses on the screen. Cast as the madcap Hungarian girl who drives away with her i whip the men who

seek her, she rises to unusual dramatic heights, and gives a sincere and convincing portrayal throughout the role. “The Whip Woman” is a sensational story of Hungary after the war. It deals with a beautiful peasant girl, much sought by men, who re-

pulses them all, only to fall in love with a dissolute nobleman. The adventures that befall them both make up a story that holds interest from beginning to end. The picture “Private Affairs,” although of such a different type, was equally enjoyable. This small town story hinges on an undelivered packet of letters in the village post office and the climax comes when the “purtiest gal" in town, now happily married and the mother of two children, receives from the unearthed missives a letter of undying devotion from a former lover. Her subsequent anguish and decision to leave her family forms a strong dramatic background for the postmaster’s daughter’s maidenly romance. The return of the prodigal lover in a rented Rolls-Royce brings the picture to a swift close in which the wife tears from her eyes the alluring dreams of illicit love and the postmaster’s daughter is won by Mr. Rightman. The leading players were Gladys Hulette, Robert Agnew and Mildred Harris. An outstandingly good musical programme completed the entertainment, arranged by Mr. Charles Aves, conductor. The overture was a selection from ‘•Madame Pompadour,” and other items included Second Hungarian Rhapsody (Liszt), “Gipsy Lore” (Lehar). Hungarian Fantasia (Czibulka), Chanson Triste (Duparc), “Blue Danube Valse” (Strauss), and overture, “Des Wanderers Ziel" (Suppe). Virginia Valli’s latest picture for Fox Films is “The Escape,” a story of love and life in the underworld of New York. William Russell appears opposite Miss Valli, and Nancy Drexel and George Meeker have supporting roles. Miss Valli was last seen in “Paid To Love” and “East Side, West Side," with George O’Brien, while she was starred by Fox Films in “Ladies Must Dress,” a humorous story of a chrysalis who turned into a gorgeous butterfly to retain her man's love.