LAURA LA PLANTE AT TIVOLI

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7143, 14 February 1930, Page 3

LAURA LA PLANTE AT TIVOLI

Laura La Plante's gorgeous personality literally scintillates throughout the dramatic unfolding of “The Love Trap’ 'and that in itself would be enough for auy photoplay. But in addition to the radiant star, “The Love Trap” presents a story as unique as it. is absorbing. This, in conjunction with beautiful sets, excellent direction, superb photography and an outstanding cast, make it completely satisfactory as entertainment. “The Love Trap” is the outstanding epoch in the life of a chorus £lrl who rises from the “pony” ranks into the marble halls of the aristocracy. This she does through her marriage to the scion of a rich family, and her impromptu romance with Ned Hamilton, who plays the leading man, is not only beautiful in itself, but distinctly refreshing in the newness of its treatment. Later, when the aristo cratic family arrives on the scene en masse and complications ensuO, Miss La Plante is afforded full opportunity to again display her tremendous dram atic ability. The public, which previously had envisioned her more or less as a comedienne, was amazed at Miss La Plante's performance as “Magnolia” in “Show Boat.” In “The Love Trap,” she once more gives indisputable proof of her versatility. A matinee will be held to-morrow at 2.30 p.m.