PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 527, 3 December 1928, Page 15

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

"RED HEELS” Another week of bad business at the "Nouvel Eden.” Duval, the genial old manager, wrung his hands in dismay. To what could be attributed the eclipse of Germaine, once idol of Paris . The revue was elaborately mounted, the chorus magnificent, but the theatre was almost empty. No wonder Duval -was worried. He turned with a sigh to Francois de Maudry, his old friend. Sixty vears old, almost fabulously rich, de Maudry’s favourite hobby was the discovery and advancement of talent. Many artistes had risen to stardom under his guidance m the “Nouvel Eden.'* De Maudry sensed the situation. What the theatre needed was a new draw. Duval smiled whimsically. True, he needed a new star but could de Maudry find her' “I* have found her, Duval. Come with me and I’ll show you, at the Lapm Rouge, a gammine, untamed, perhaps untamable, whose sheer vitality will hold you as in a vice.” \nd tlie star they found became the idol of all the cabarets of Paris —a scintillating personality, interpreted to perfection by the little actress LUi Eamita. „ , , Lili Damita is. in fact, the central figure throughout the whole of the picture “Red Heels,’* now being shown at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres. The story reveals the essential conflict between an actress and a mother and tells how one little girl bridged the gulf. , , ~ The arrival of a celebrity any small town causes a furore. If the celebrity is a home-town product, who has “made good,” the welcome is hysterical. Fancy, then, the welcome accorded the village belle who has become a famous Italian pricess! That’s the occasion for plenty of comedy in First National’s very human story of the visit of an Italian ST* the n ;e r conTa«rac n tion He on rt the w th Luc In Littlefield, Thelma Todd and Raymond McKee in prominent supporting roles. Graham Wilcox, the English producer who made ‘‘The Luck of the Navy” starring Evelyn Lave, shortly to be seen in New Zealand, is about to make another film. A well-known stop' has been chosen, but great secrecy prevails as to the details of Ke production. The film is intended to be an absolute novelty and new production methods are being used nothing, however, connected with ••Talkies ” stereoscopies, or coloured photography. Walton-on-Thames is the location of this production.