PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 807, 30 October 1929, Page 16

PLAZA

“THE RAINBOW MAN’’ Entertaining singing and dancing numbers have been woven into a story of unusual interest in “The Rainbow Man,” the all-talkie which is delighting patrons of the Plaza Theatre. The film deals with the adventures of the Rainbow Man, an itinerant musician, who has adopted the son of an injured acrobat. The two travel through a little Southern town, where the Rainbow Man falls in love with Mary Lane. How by the force of circumstances the lovers are separated and how they are eventually reunited makes an absorbing story. Eddie Dowling plays the role of the Rainbow Man and Marian Nixon that of Mary Lane. Popular songs included in the film are “Rainbow Man. “Smile, Little Pal,” ahd “Sleepy' Valley'.” t ' A variety' of excellent singing and dancing numbers is included in the supporting programme, including items by Waring’s Pennsylvanians Orchestra, who will play*, “Collegiate, ’ “Do We Like the College Girls?” and “Where Do You Work, John?’ John Charles Thomas, the famous baritone, will sing the prologue to “I Pagliacci " and a comedy, “Amateur Night” is screened. “River of Romance,” the new attraction at the Plaza on Friday, is a costume play' adapted from the famous play “Magnolia.” by Booth Tarkington. The theme of the action is the rise to fame of Charles Rogers, the star, following an incident in which he seems to be a coward. The scenes are laid in the lower Mississippi Valley, on a plantation, on the river-boats and in a gambling hall. The time is in the 1840‘s. There are three beautiful girls in the cast. Mary Brian is the little girl who loves Buddy in spite of all the seeming disgrace to which he has fallen. June Collyer is her coquettish older sister who forsakes her love for Buddy when she suspects him of being a coward. Natalie Kingston is the comely Mexican, an octoroon, and the companion of Wallace Beery’, the gambling hall proprietor.