PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 370, 2 June 1928, Page 14

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

“THE WHIP WOMAN” A powerful dramatic story of a little | spitfire on the banks of the Danube, who knew how to take care of herself, in a world of men who desired her, is “The Whip Woman,” which is now being shown at the Princess and Tivoli Theatres. Estelle Taylor is the girl wlxo wields her whip. so effectively in warding off those who would spoil her dream of love, while Antonio Moreno is the man who makes her dream come true after a stormy voyage on the seas of romance. Rarely has Miss Taylor been so effective as in this strong, simple story of a Hungarian peasant maid. All the fire of her personality is evident, and critics have hailed this as her greatest performance to date. Antonio Moreno is unusually fine as the nobleman in disgrace with his family, who is rescued from ending his life in the Danube* by a blow on the head from the girl’s whip, which eventually leads him to love her. The course of their love, however, is troubled, and the story revolves round the crisis where she receives treatment of the sort she has been dealing to others, and which brings her to her senses and saves her from misunderstanding and disgrace. “Private Affairs,” a delightful tale of scandal in a small town, is the second feature on the programme. The plot revolves about the daughter of the village postmaster, played by Gladys Hulette, who endows her role with charming piquancy. There is the poor but adoring youth, and the strutting village drunkard.’ The girl’s father dies when he learns that his life’s savings have been sucked away by a fraudulent company, and five years later finds the girl still passing out mail and bright smiles from the post office window. An undelivered packet of letters is discovered behind the ancient desk, and Mr. Sam Hanks, who has taken the old postmaster’s place, delivers them as if just arrived. Imagine an ardent proposal of marriage to Mildred, a married woman with two children, from the village sheik—dated five years back! Imagine the dismay of the village drunkard at being infoi-med that he was heir to a fortune—dated five years back! Imagine the feelings of the village barber who received a cut-price advt. for’ real old Bourbon—dated five years back! An excellent musical programme is provided by the orchestra.