PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 473, 1 October 1928, Page 14

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

“CODE OF THE SCARLET” Probably every motion picture fan enjoyed “The Collegians” for their youthful exuberance. Those same people will enjoy “The Fourfiusher,” which is now at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres. It is youth, bubbling, gay, sometimes serious and often frivolous. “The Fourllusher” with Marian Nixon and Cieorge Lewis is unusually entertaining. It is a rare combination of dramatic story and comedy. Miss Nixon is pretty and enacts her role with ease, while Lewis is very effective in his role, playing with the same inescapable charm which made him so popular in “The Collegians.” The story is well constructed and is taken from the play of the same title by Caesar Dunn, the noted Broadway playwright. It tells of a young shoe clerk whose rival for the hand of the girl is the son of his employer. These are played by Lewis, Miss Nixon and Eddie Phillips. Of course, the young man gets a chance to rise when the town banker accidentally lends him 10,000 dollars. That, however, is only the beginning and the picture carries this out to a surprising and thrilling denouement. A story of the Canadian North-west, with that popular, hard riding western star. Ken Maynard, in the role of a North-west Mounted Policeman, is the second picture on the programme. “Code of the Scarlet” is the title of this new picture of Ken’s and it is the best he has made to date. Ken’s pictures seem to get better as they go along, if such a thing is possible. It seems impossible that he can top some of the dare-devil stunts he has performed in previous films, but in “Code of the Scarlet” he has done so. The story is an original one by Forrest Sheldon and tells of the efforts of the Royal North-west Mounted Police to establish law and order in some of. the lawless regions of Hhe far north The policeman has perhaps been the most written, filmed and talked of character in existence, and Ken Maynard is offering his version to the constellation of stars who have played similar parts. A special attraction at both these theatres is the appearance of Baby June, a little girl of four years old. who sings and dances in a most charming manner.

The greatest sequences ever made for a camera have just been photographed by Director Frank Lloyd for “The Divine Lady,” starring Corinne Griffith. Ancient men-o’-war battled for weeks to make these thrilling scenes.