PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 896, 13 February 1930, Page 16

PLAZA

LAST DAYS OF “FROZEN JUSTICE” A half-caste beauty of the North, Talu, with a soul of fire and a charm which enslaves all men—Lenore Ulric’s most sensational role, “Frozen Justice,” is the title and it is nearing the end of its season at the Plaza. Men of the North —bold, handsome and intriguing—go to their deaths to win Talu’s affection. She dares the wrath of tribal gods and flees. But soon she is disillusioned by the tinsel dance hall life in “civilised” Nome. A brilliant cast under Allan Dwan’s masterful direction, includes Louis Wolheim, Robert Frazer, Tom Patricola, El Brendel, Laska Winter, Ullrich Haupt and others. Pirate treasure exerts its mysterious charm in “Barnum Was Right,” Universal’s talking farce-comedy costarring Glenn Try on and Merna Kennedy, which will be the new attraction at the Plaza Theatre on Saturday. Trjmn essays the role of proprietor of a summer hotel in a pirate-haunted region in this hilarious comedy. Beautiful titian-haired Miss Kennedy portrays his leading lady, and the exceptional cast includes Otis Harlan, in a featured role, Basil Radford, Clarence Burton, Lew Kelly, Isabella Keith and Gertrude Sutton. The picture, based on the successful Broadway farce of the same name, was directed by Del Lord.

Twenty years ago, Fred Niblo was an actor on the same vaudeville bill with Buster Keaton. Keaton was one of the “Three Keatons” and Niblo was a member of another act. The two are together again in Edward Sedgewick’s film “On the Set,” for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Niblo plays a motion picture director. Also in the film as actors are Cecil De Mille, King Vidor and David Burton.

“When a Woman Loves a Man” is the title of a new song which Fannie Brice sings in her first United Artists picture, “The Champ,” which Thornton Freeland is directing. Billy Rose, noted songwriter, and husband of Miss Brice, wrote the number especially for the picture. Robert Armstrong, Gertrude Astor. Harry Green G. Pat Collins and Budd Fine are in thp supporting cast.