PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 622, 26 March 1929, Page 17

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

“BEGGARS OF LIFE” Jim Tully’s realism, his humour, his drama, on the screen for the first time, has startled, thrilled, warmed and pleased the large audiences at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres, where “Beggars of Life” is being shown. Never before has tramp life been told with such fidelity. Never before has the secret of the wanderlust been revealed with such certainty. There is a fighting story; a story of men fighting an environment; a story of rough, cruel, lustful. brutal men, of dreaming men. Wallace Beery is back once again in the heavy, serious, dramatic roles in , which he attained his greatest fame. As Oklahoma Red he is a smashing, dominating genius. His interpretation of this huge, vital, human animal of trampdom is something to marvel at, to captivate the imagination. Paramount has chosen well in placing Beery in the pivotal role in this great drama. No less important to the story and no less successful in her interpretation is Louise Brooks, that slim, graceful girl who has won her way to moving picture fame by the sheer force of ability and personality. In “Beggars of Life” she plays a difficult role wonderfully well and climbs many rungs on her ladder to -stardom. Richard Arlen actually* submerges himself in his part. His is tile important juvenile role; his is the difficult business of translating the truer spirit of the wanderlust. The second picture. “Adoration.” stars adorable Billie Dove in a love romance that carries one from the regaJ splendour of old Russia to the low dives of modern Paris. In this picture you will see Billie Dove as a Parisian mannequin displaying gorgeous creations that are one year ahead of the styles. This is only one of the many thrilling sequences that pack this drama. “What a Night!,” the new Beb» Daniels com* t'y-melodrama f&r Paramount, which will open at both of these theatres on Thursday, centres around the activities of a newspaper to uncover a big political intrigue. In this picture, the star has a new opportunity to introduce that flair for humorous characterisation which has been responsible for her success. The second feature on Thursday’s programme will be “Outcast,” starring Corinne Griffith, a romantic drama of present-day life in San Francisco.