PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 699, 26 June 1929, Page 17

PLAZA

“GIVE AND TAKE" Those who enjoy good screen comedy will be delighted with the first all-talkie comedy to reach New Zealand. This is “Give and Take,’* now at the Plaza Theatre* with George Sidney, Jean Hersholt and George Lewis in the leading roles. John Bauer/ owner of a fruitcanning factory, has built up his business for the sake of his only son. This boy. Jack, returns from college, and is ushered to his new office in the factory. The next day he discloses to Kruger, factory foreman and crony of Bauer, sen., new plans whereby the employees of the place should share in the profits. Bauer, sen., and his secretary, Marion Kruger, object to the plan, but are forced to yield when Jack and Kruger threaten to close down the plant. Marion, daughter of the foreman, is Jack’s fiancee. Bauer owes the bank <£ 5,000, and Brum, the president, threatens to foreclose. Ruin stares Bauer in the face, but Brum offers to buy his trademark. Bauer signs the agreement just as Craig, a stranger, arrives and offers to buy Bauer’s product for the next seven years. If© is trying to buck the food trust and apparently is a big financier. In the midst of the turmoil Craig arrives and proves that he has been the victim of a frame-up. His trucks are seen coming in lines to carry off the canned fruit. All are happy, especially when Marion and Jack embrace. The specially selected all-talking supports comprise music and a number of excellent vaudeville items. There is “Light Cavalry” overture played by the Vitaphone Symphony Orchestra, banjo playing by Eddie Peabody, songs by the three Geirsdorf Sisters, of New York, musical comedy fame, and “The Song of the Volga Boatmen.”