PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 731, 2 August 1929, Page 16

PLAZA

“THE WOLF OF WALL STREET” George Bancroft will be heard as well as seen for the first time at the Plaza Theatre this evening, when the Paramount all-talking picture, “The Wolf of Wall Street,” is presented. The picture is 100 per cent, talking augmented by sta'rtling sound effects. Followers of the legitimate drama will recall George Bancroft’s name blazoned along Broadway for several years as one of the outstanding stars of the stage. Paramount was reluctant to present the star in an all-talking picture until the right kind of story could be secured for him. “The Wolf of Wall ■Street” was considered ideal, inasmuch as the 2>lot includes all the cl cmcmo mat cue istar has been accustomed to be seen in, with the additional feature of being easily adaptable to dialogue. The story was written by Doris Anderson; the film directed by Howland V. Dee. The story centres around the New York Stock Exchange, which has captured the interest of the public so much. Bancroft portrays the role of a stockbroker who brings ruin upon himself voluntarily when his domestic life is dashed on the rocks of unhappiness. The story offers innumerable opportunities for gripping drama and dialogue throughout which have been captured in an exceptional manner by action and voice on the part of the star and his supporting cast, which, incidentally, is made up of players who have had previous stage experience. The supporting players include Baclanova, Nancy Carroll, Arthur Hankin, Paul Dukas, Brandon Hurst and Crauford Kent. With the supporting programme also, the Plaza management has been fortunate in securing some excellent talkie features. The new attractions tomorrow will include the three Bryx Sisters, stars of New York musical comedies, in two sets of songs. In “Glorifying the American Song” they sing “I Just Roll Along.” “Together” and “Sunshine,” and in “Down South” they will sing “Back in Your Own Backyard.” “Kentucky Babe” and “Call of the South.” Another item will be Keb Spikes and his novel negro jazz band of nine players, which plays the brightest of modern jazz and is assisted by four specialty dancers. Their numbers include “Lonesome and Sorry,” and “Blues.” Then there will be a charmingly humorous one-act play, entitled “Miss Information,’* interpreted by Dois Wilson and Edward Everett Horton. two noted cinema stars. Other items are a Paramount talkie cartoon, entitled “Old Black Joe” and excerpts from grand opera by two Italian opera stars, Gigli and De Duca. They will sing “Del Tiempo al Dimitai” from Bizet’s great opera, “The Fisher of Pearls.”