PRINCESS AND TIVOLI “THE NOOSE”

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 383, 18 June 1928, Page 15

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

“THE NOOSE”

A boy’s hand holds a smoking revolver. Nickie Elkins stands beside the dead body of Buck Gordon, gangster and head of a rum-running ring. The shooting occurs in the Box Stall Cafe, where the gang hangs out. Dot, one of the chorus girls, is in love with Nickie and asks him why he shot Buck. “Because he was no good,” reiplies Nickie. Such is the dramatic opening of the picture, “The Noose ” starring Richard Barthelmess, which is now being shown at the Princess and Tivoli Theatres. He is arrested for the shooting and is up for sentence. He gives the same reply, refusing to tell why he shot the gangster, and is sentenced to be hanged. The wife of the governor interests herself in the boy, intercedes on his behalf, but the governor is firm, and says he cannot commute sentence unless the boy tells the reason for the crime. In the presence of the governor and his wife the boy again refuses, and is led back to his cell to await his doom. He throws himself on his cot and reviews the events that led up to the shooting. Lina Basquette, former dancing star of the Follies, plays the feminine lead opposite Barthelmess. It is her first important role in pictures and she is a genuine sensation. Alice Joyce enacts the role of the mother, one of the greatest parts of this splendid actress's career. On the same programme is being presented one of the most enjoyable war comedies ever made, entitled “Rash Privates,” and starring Lya de Putt!, the well-known Continental actress, and Malcolm McGregor, a bright young American soldier, who is one of the rash privates.