PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 696, 22 June 1929, Page 15

PLAZA

FIRST DAY OF “GIVE AND TAKE” Jean Hersholt and George Sidney, two of the greatest character actors on the screen today, are well teamed in Auckland’s first all-talking and laughing comedy drama, “Give and Take,” which comes to the Plaza Theatre for the first time today.

The story deals with John Bauer, owner of a fruitcanning factory, who awaits with eagerness his son’s return from college so as to make him a member of the firm. Younk Jack arrives in due time and tries to install a system giving the workers a share in the profits of the factory. He

calls it the “Give and Take" plan. Albert Kruger, life-long friend of Bauer, Senior, and young Jack, together install the new system to the utter disgust of the senior Bauer and his secretary, Marion Kruger, daughter of Albert. The new regime includes singing hours for the employees and other innovations. There is a “Constitution" which gives titles to the various employees under the new system. When the time comes to share the debts of the factory, trouble arises. Jean Hersholt, as the manager of the factory, as always, gives a perfect characterisation. George Sidney has a new set of laughs for each turn of the reel. The voices of both of them are said to record wonderfully well. Sharon Lynn and George Lewis are extremely well cast as the young people who had been engaged to be married until they disagree over the best method of running a factory. The picture is based on the wellknown stage play of the same name by Aaron Hoffman, which was presented in Auckland under the J. C. Williamson banner a few years ago. Several excellent supporting talkies will also be presented on the new programme. They will include the ‘ Light Cavalry” overture, played by the Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra of oO pieces, conducted by Herman Heller, some remarkable banjo playing by Eddy Peabody; songs by the Volga Boatmen, and the charming vocal trio, the Geisdorf Sisters, in “Crooning Melodies.”

REGINALD DENNY AT ROYAL “The Night Bird,” at the Royal Theatre, Kingsland, is the best Reginald Benny picture in many months. It has action and thrills besides humour. The gay and glittering Beaux Arts ball and the fight for the championship of the world are two of the highlights, and Benny himself is irresistible as of yore. “Love and the Bevil,” which is also being shown, is the story of a titled English explorer and an Italian prima donna. Maria Corda and Milton Sills are the stars. OLD TIME DANCE A real old-time dance will be held in the Trades Hall this evening. It has been organised by the Watersiders’ Social Club to raise funds for hospital comforts. The Symphony Seven orchestra will play.