PLAZA AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 637, 13 April 1929, Page 14

PLAZA AND TIVOLI

“NAUGHTY BABY” Flippant Alice White and handsome, smiling Jack Mulhall lend their combined sparkle to a new picture, “Naughty Baby,” which is now at the Plaza and Tivoli Theatres. “Naughty Baby” is a typical story of life in New York City and its surrounding resorts, and is directed with zip and humour. . . Miss White is a check girl at the Ritzy Hotel. She is one of the girls of flapper face and figure •who have champagne ideas on a home brew income. Mulhall, as might be imagined, is the youthful heir to a fortune, and he provides the champagne possibilities. He is outgilding along the Great White Way with a broad brush, and Alice helps him. The story is breezy and replete with laughs from beginning to end. Thelma Todd, Boris Dawson, Fred Kelsey, James Ford and half a dozen other well-known players combine to make a notable cast. ‘‘Scarlet Seas,” the second picture, is a drama of red mutiny and flaming passion, starring the popular young actor, Richard Barthelmess, as Steve Donkin, a wandering sailor, hardfaced and tight-lipped, buffeted by an unkind life. He anchors the Southern Cross, a two-masted schooner, smuggling dope off Apia. He flirts with Rose, the chief entertainer at a notorious cafe, and, after a series of exciting happenings, is shipwrecked with her on the high seas. Betty Compson is Rose, and Loretta Young has another important role. At the Tivoli Theatre Miss M. Anderson's Orchestra plays ‘‘The Gondoliers” for the overture, and the following incidental music: “Peggy” (Stuart), “Naughty Baby” (Gershwin), “Three Little Maids” (Rubens), “Springtime” (Drumm), “In the Tavern” (Jensen), “Azora” (Hadley), “Ernste Suite” (Brahms), “Chant d’ Amour” (Frommel), and “The Force of Destiny” (Verdi). I