PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 545, 24 December 1928, Page 16

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

TWO BIG COMEDIES Johnnie Hines is dispensing laughter and good cheer at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres in his picture, “The Wright Idea.” Johnny’s latest racket in celluloid high-jinks is the invention of a luminous and blotterless ink which he endeavours to put on the market in spite of a troublesome love interest. And never was True Love so hilariously humorous! The girl suspects Johnny of stealing some bonds, and yet she loves him—and yet she has him shadowed by a blundering detective through a maze of sequences which are eloquently amusing. Another funny complication is Johnny’s encounter with a “nutlike” gentleman who lavishly presents him with a motor-car and a yacht which he does not own himself. Suffice to say that the comedian puts a laugh twist on each of these me::ry obstacles and comes out triumphant, wealthy and possessing the girl, but not until one of the most amazing sequences ever filmed takes place. This is aboard a pleasure yacht, and thrills run neck and neck with laughter, coming to a surprising climax which is a positive howl and which is thoroughly enjoyable. Johnny Hines is at his best in this new film. He hasn’t lost a bit of his infectious humour and pep, and outdoes the acrobatics of a number of our most agile screen performers. Louise Lorraine is pretty and charming as the girl, Edmund Breese is a scream as Mr. Filbert, the generous “nut,” and Walter James is excellent in a villainous role. Romance on the docks of ’Frisco Is the background of the second feature, “Waterfront,” starring the popular comedy team, Dorothy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall.