TIVOLI AND EVERYBODY’S

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 653, 3 May 1929, Page 14

TIVOLI AND EVERYBODY’S

ADOLPHE MENJOU AGAIN Typically entertaining and amusing gags and sophisticated comedy arc sprinkled liberally throughout the continuity of Adolphe Menjou's latest starring Paramount picture, “Marquis Preferred," which was shown last evening at the Plaza, Tivoli and Everybody’s Theatres. The story of ‘Marquis concerns a bankrupt nobleman wno agrees to let his tailor, his valet and his chef find him a wealthy wife. Just as they accomplish this feat, the marquis falls in love with a penniless girl, and his efforts to reconcile his love with his promise make up the amusing theme. Adolphe Menjou is his old, smiling self in the chief role, and Chester Conklin has supporting parts. “Eileen of the Trees.’’ the second attraction on this programme, is an entrancing romantic drama by the well-known author, H. de T ere Stucpoole. This famous writer has prepared an original story which is fascinating in every respect. A pretty young girl is the slave of two crude characters dwelling in a London mews. Her life is a miserable one except for gleams of sunshine through the baby of her foster parents. A young aristocrat by accident comes in contact with the girl and decides to take her out of her misery. Quixotically he carries out a plan to take the girl to the country estate of his family and leave her at one of the farms. He succeeds in doing so, but the fugitrv es are traced. Romance enters and the young man remembering that Scottish marriage laws are different from English, decides to race for the border. An exciting chase follows, with a niost unusual climax. It is hardly fair to give awav the unique finish to the story, as the readers will find greater enchantment when they see the film for themselves. The characters are played by some of England’s greatest artists. The part of the young girl is interpreted by Annv Ondra, and the young aristocrat is portrayed by TV ill* am Freshm Chief among the supporting pictures is' a new “Collegians” picture. Once again the U.F.A. producers have demonstrated how a mystery can be told on the screen to intrigue curiosity to the last moment without sacrificing logic. In their latest mystery story, “The Yacht of the Seven Sins,” Brigitte Helm, the female star of “Metropolis” fame, is presented in an unusual role of the villainess. The scenes aboard the notorious yacht are excellent, and Miss Helm, together with the well-known English juvenile actor, John Stuart, dominates the whole picture. Cinema Art Films will release this picture shortly.

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