PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 426, 7 August 1928, Page 14

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

A BIG PROGRAMME As Chad Buford, the Kentucky mountain lad, who dreamed of "the settlement’s” books and grand persons, Dick Barthelmess has added another lovable and unforgettable portrait to his already brilliant galley. Such is the opinion of all who have seen "The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come,” now being shown at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres. The story tells of Chad Buford, a boy of 14, in the Kentucky mountains, who loses his foster-parents. Nathan Cherry, a mean character of the mountains, atempts to sell him into an apprenticeship. Chad flees into the mountains with his dog, Jack. After days of wandering, he enters a community in the hills where the Dillon boys "sic” their dog on Jack and attempt to beat up Chad. Chad is taken into the Joel Turner home as a member.

An enjoyable "take-off” on aviation, entitled "A Hero for a Night,” is also being shown at these theatres. The story is of a would-be flyer who is in love with the daughter of Mr. Sloan, a very rich old gentleman, who is in danger of being kidnapped. One day, to save him, in spite of the old man’s protests, the girl and Hiram put him in the plane and the three of them start off. Hiram, being a novice flies the plane across the ocean, and half-way across Russia before the gasoline gives out, and he makes a forced landing. How the trip eventually brings about in increased valuation in the Sloan Company and causes Mary to change her mind about Hiram provides one of the most laughable and fast-moving farce comedies of the year.