EVERYBODY’S AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 417, 27 July 1928, Page 14

EVERYBODY’S AND TIVOLI

“THE BIG NOISE” The power of the Press over the : public mind is strikingly pictured in i the scintillating film, *The Big Noise,” [ by First National Pictures, written by i Ben Hecht, which opened last evening jat the Everybody’s and Tivoli Theaj tres. j There is pathos, liberally sprinkled j with pepper, and humour interspersed l with tears, in this film in which Chester Conklin is featured as a foolish New York subway guard who falls on the tracks in front of the train, but is only slightly injured, and who is then picked up and made a hero by a sensational newspaper which is conducting a political campaign against the railway company. In addition to the frequent bursts of laughter that were heard last evening, most of the spectators seemed to respond to every mood of the delightful satire in the film. In addition to Conklin, Alice White, Bodil Rosing, Sam Hardy and Jack Egan appear in important roles. Chester Conklin does amazing character work in this picture, rather than straight comedy, and this performance should open new fields of fame to him in the cinema world. “The Big Noise” is a picture so unusual and distinctive that it should not be missed. The second attraction is a really j clever comedy story, “The Nervous | Wreck.’ The first of the comedy scenes of “The Nervous Wreck” lets one into the secret of the comedy. When Harrison Ford, the excessive pill-taker from Pittsburg arrives in his Ford on the western ranch, the fun begins. After meeting Hobart Bos worth, who is seen as the rancher, and his daughter, played by Phyllis Haver, and taking a few pills and telling them how sick he is and that he can’t possibly last long, ho sits down to a regular meal and eats half a dozen ears of sweetcorn, a dozen biscuits dipped In honey and enough beef and potatoes to satisfy Porthos. It is a kindred spirit he meets in Mack Swain, a New York millionaire, who appears in his Rolls Royce, and whch he holds up for benzine. He realises that Swain is another nervous wreck like himself. A full supporting programme was also presented. At the Tivoli Theatre an ecellent musical programme is presented by the orchestra under the direction of Miss M. Anderson. “Zampa” is played as the overture, and selections are taken from “Rio Rita,” “Queen High,” and Wild Flower.”