PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 533, 10 December 1928, Page 15

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

“HOT HEELS”

The greatest farceur of them all, Glenn T.ryon, has used the ancient and tried theme of the horse race as the butt of his many clever, original situations in “Hot Heels,” which is now being shown at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres. Tryon has a knack of taking simple stories, changing them about deftly, and producing absolute top-notch farce comedies. In his preceding pictures he poked the gentle shaft of fun at an automobile inventor, at the long-distance flight record and at the mythical kingdom tradition. His newest picture surpasses even the sparkling comedy of its predecessors. Besides the riotous comedy the picture has more than its quota of real thrills. The story starts off with a country boy spending his last penny to buy a bankrupt road show putting on a race-track melodrama. He takes the troupe to Havana only to discover that he has been the victim of a confidence game. He suspects the leading woman, with whom he has fallen in love, with being a party to the plot. But there is a “prop” horse used in their sliow r w r hicli its owner declares can really race, so they enter him in the Havana Steeplechase. Thrills and comedy are cleverly interspersed, with the result that “Hot Heels” is considered the best of the Trj on s and certainly one of the most amusing pictures shown here. Patsy Miller is the leading woman. Laughable comedy is also the kevnoto of the second big picture on the programme, “The Head Man.” , parody on American politics, starring Charlie M urray.