PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 541, 19 December 1928, Page 17

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

“WATERFRONT” TO-MORROW This evening will see the final , screening of the current programme at j the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres, which J includes “The Heart of a Nation, j starx-ing George Sidney, and “For Ali- ; mony Only,” starring Beatrice Joy anti ; Clive Brook. An exceptionally large cast of clever | screen players was secured by the I producer for the filming of the latest ; First National picture, “The Wright j Idea,” starring Johnny Hines, which is . coming to the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres . to-morrow. This interesting comedy of a young man’s struggles to market his unique invention of an ink possessing luminous ) qualities, gives Johnny Hines a vehicle in which he can display his versatility in the most laugh-provoking situations. The comedian has been getting away from the slap-stick, gag type of comedy, and is introducing new situations which develop from the struggles of every-day folks to get ahead. Louise Lorraine, who was Johnny’s leading woman in “Chinatown Charlie.” again plays opposite the comedian. Edmund Breese appears in the role of a “nut.” Other members of the large cast include Walter James, Fred Kelsey, Henry Hebert, Charles Giblyn and Monte Montague. “Waterfront,” the First National picture co-featuring Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall, which will be the second attraction to-morrow, is a tale of the San Francisco waterfront, which is stated to have a flavour of Frank Norris’s novelette of the same harbour, “Blix,” and to remind one strongly of the atmosphere which Jack London put into “Valley of the Moon,” and ‘John Barleycorn.” It is the best Mulhall-Mackaill comedy this year. “THE HEAD MAN” AT ROYAL Charlie Murray has the role of a typical American politician in “The Head Man,” now at the Royal Theatre, Kingslund. Murray has an entirely different role from those found in his recent long comedies, or his earlier two-reel farces. “The Head Man” was adapted from Harry Leon Wilson’s whimsically humorous novel, “The Boss of Little Arcady,” and Murray’s characterisation makes him a figure of pathos as well as of comedy. Loretta Young and Larry Kent share honours in the love story of the picture. Lucien Littlefield heads a quaint group of supporting characters in a cast that, thanks to the humanness of story and characterisations, smacks of famous old stage play aggregations. However. “The Head Man” is full of fun, which far overshadows its dramatic moments.

A Hoot Gibson story, “Riding for Tame,” is also being shown.