PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 505, 7 November 1928, Page 17

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

NEW PROGRAMME TO-MORROW “The Cossacks,” with John Gilbert in the - role of a swashbuckling Cossack together with the Laura La Plante comedy, “Thanks for the Buggy Ride,” will be shown at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres for the last time this evening. An entirely new programme will be presented to-morrow in another strong double-feature programme. “ Vamping Venus,” the First National comedy which will be the first attraction, opens in New York of to-day and jumps back to ancient Greece, taking the characters in the modern sequences and showing them as mortals and immortals of the olden days. Charlie Murray, who plays a New York politician, becomes the political dictator of Greece. Louise Fazenda, who plays his nagging wife, is Circe, the enchantress in the Grecian pcenes. Thelma Todd is a cabaret dancer in New York and becomes .Venus. Russ PowelT, the cabaret proprietor, becomes Bacchus. Joe Bonomo, the strong man in the cabaret, is Hercules. Spec O’Donnell, a messenger boy, becomes Mercury, and other characters take like parts. Tho comedy situations in such a story are unlimited, and the fun riots merrily through the picture. It is a “natural” spot for Murray and Miss Fazenda, famed as fun makers for the screen, and both take advantage atf every situation that gives cause for mirth. While humour predominates, the picture boasts an artistic background seldom seen in a comedy. There are magnificent sets, hundreds of players and a story that holds interest from start to finish. An unusually powerful story, “The Wheel of Chance,” starring Richard Barthelmess, is the second feature. In “The Wheel of Chance,” the picture version of “Roulette,” there are twin brothers, one black haired and the other red. These two boys are separated by a trick of fate in Russia and 20 years later they meet under very dramatic circumstances in modern New York. Barthelmess plays both roles. DIXIELAND CABARET A monster non-stop dance will be held at the Dixieland Cabaret on Wednesday next. Two bands will be in attendance to provide music continuously. The usual mid-week carnival will be held at Dixieland this evening, with dancing from 8.30 p.m. to midnight.