PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 493, 24 October 1928, Page 16

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

“HARD-BOILED HAGGERTY” Tha»i evening will see the final presentation of the current programme at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres, comprising “Three Ring Marriage,” a circus story starring Mary Astor and Lloyd Hughes, and “The Shield of Honour,” a tale of behind the scenes with the police, starring Xeil Hamilton. Another exceptionally fine programme will be presented to-morrow. The first picture will be “Hard Boiled Haggerty,” starring Milton Sills, a capable actor seen recently in “Burning Daylight.” This picture provides a unique characterisation for Sills. Grim, relentless and heroic “ace” in sky battle above the German lines, he goes back to Paris to celebrate each victory. And in Paris—what a difference environment makes!. It is behind the lines in the colourful, war-frenzied city of joy, that Sills practices “unbecoming conduct.” He is pranksome and humorously insubordinate, and gets into no end of comedic and dramatic trouble, until he meets romance in the person of a mysterious French girl. Molly O’Day enacts the leading feminine role, and some very human and effective characterisations are given by Arthur Stone, Mitchell Lewis, George Fawcett, Yola d’Avril and Lucien Prival. “Hard-Boiled Haggerty,” while one of Sills’s most rugged roles, strikes a new note for the star in the humour of his own characterisation and the emphasis on its romance. The main supporting picture to-mor-row will be Harry Langdon’s latest comedy, “Heart Trouble.” Ken Maynard is busy making “The Phantom City,” a story of the deserted mining camps of the West.