NEWSPAPER THRILLS

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 625, 30 March 1929, Page 13

NEWSPAPER THRILLS

“WHAT A NIGHT” AT PLAZA BEBE DANIELS AND CORINNE GRIFFITH The hectic excitement of a really ! up-to-the-minute American newspaper "is the* theme of the latest .Paramount picture, “What a Night,” which was shown to a large crowd at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres last evening. , . ' ... The picture is brimming over with comedy and melodramatic situations that keep the audience in alternate tits of laughter and suspense, but the glorious mixture of newspaper libels, political “bosses,” advertisers and gaolbirds is lirst-class entertainment, and whoever sees it is bound to be satisfied. There is romance, fun and good healthy thrills cleverly worked into the story, whichi concerns the hatred between a prominent newspaper editor and a political leader. The editor is positive that charges of bribery can be laid against the politician, but just can’t get hold of the proof. That’s where the heroine enters, and she is no other than the inimitable Bebo Daniels, as athletic and lastmoving as ever. She is the daughter of a big advertiser who wants her to have a reporting position on a paper to keep her occupied. She immediately gets enough excitement to keep her' quiet for the rest of her life, what with falling in love with a reporter, midnight encounters with crooks and desperadoes, and thrilling adventures in nearly securing the possession of a paper which will expose the bribery. The fight settles down to the possession of the evidence, but the girl has it at last, and in one swoop saves the newspaper and wins the reporter for herself. At the head of the supporting cast is Neil Hamilton, in the role of a reporter, also William Austin and Charles iSellon. Never has Corinne Griffith appeared to greater ■ ■■■ advantage than in the role of Miriam, a girl of easy virtue but with a heart of gold and a soul above her sordid surroundings, who not only rises to great heights herself, but also uplifts the man she loves, ir “Outcast,” the second big picture on the programme. The stellar role made famous on the stage over a decade ago when the celebrated play had its opening in New York and afterwards toured several important cities, calls for real character delineation and gives Miss Griffith an opportunity for tremendous emotional depths contrasted with lighter moments, which bring into play her keen comedy sense. The programme includes a comedy and gazette, and exclusive views of the recent floods in Dunedin, the motor racing on Mangere Speedway, and the Maori regatta at Ngaruawahia. At the Plaza Theatre Mr. Howard Moody’s . Orchestra played “Angela Mia” for the overture, and the following incidental selections: “The Arcadians,” “Wildflower”; opera, “Thais.” •Madame Butterfly”; morceau “Zazra,” “Gavotte,” “La Belle Pierette”: lieder, “Three Songs of Brahms,” “Harvesters’ Night Song”; fox-trots, “Blue Nights” and “There are Eyes.”