PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 562, 15 January 1929, Page 13

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

LAST DAYS OF “OUT OF THE RUINS” T,'i?l d v ri !. Barthelmess, the popular I list National star, portrays a liandsome, dashing French “blue devil” in ms latest stellar vehicle, “Out of the Rums,” now at the Plaza and Tivoli 1 tj eatres. Barthelmess is ideally Jitted for the starring role in this story by Sir Philip Gibbs, the eminent British war correspondent, and author, whose keen msigfit into military affairs made him one of the leading writers on war topics during and following the World War. “Out of the Ruins” is a cross section of France at the close of the great conflict, and its dramatic situations afford Barthelmess a marvellous role. Pretty Marian Nixon, the charming young actress, plays opposite Barthelmess as the young French girl. A splendid cast is seen in support of the star, including Eugene Pallette, Robert Frazer, Bodil Rosing, and Emile Chautard. “Anybody Here Seen Kelly?” the second feature, is a simple story of an Irish traffic cop who is waiting for his division to leave France after the war. Being Irish, and traffic cop as well, when out of khaki he is a success with women. In his love-making abroad bo tells each girl to come to America later on and be his wife. Jeanette takes him seriously. She is in love with him. She comes to New Y'ork, and finds him directing traffic on. the corner of Forty-second and Broadway. By the time she has embraced him, the traffic is in a tangle in all directions. Kelly, the cop, tries gently but firmly to get rid of her. Ho fails, but learns to love her in the end because of her gentle mothering of him. Tom Aloore appears at Kelly, and Bessie Love as Jeanette, the French girl. Moore gives an excellent portrayal. His natural Irish smile fits perfectly in the part, and he makes Kelly a very likeable person. Miss Love, too, is very good. Like Aloore, she is a capable player, and the two succeed in getting every bit of comedy and romance possible out of their roles.

“The Desert Law” will be Tim AtoCoy’s next Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer starring vehicle, and will be directed by Nick Grinde, who directed Ale Coy in “Alorgan’s Last Raid” and “Beyond the Sierras.” Raquel Torres will play the leading feminine role, and the supporting cast will include Edward Connelly, Bert Roach and Harry Woods.