PLAZA

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 749, 23 August 1929, Page 15

PLAZA

“THE MIDNIGHT TAXI” A story of intrigue and adventure is revealed in “The Midnight Taxi,” the part talkie which is now in its second week at the Plaza. Written by Gregory Rogers, the story is interpreted by a notable cast headed by Antonio Moreno and Helene Costello. Other prominent players are Myrna Roy, William Russell and Robert Agnew. The picture, which was directed by John Adolfi, deals with the career of a young man whose love of adventure leads him to select bootlegging as an occupation. He enters into a deal for the supply of a large quantity of illicit liquor, but complications occur when he is paid in stolen bonds. He is accused of having stolen them, and has considerable difficulty in proving his innocence. I-Te is tracked by a woman detective, a role played by Helene Costello, and the film is brought to an appropriate conclusion when the bootlegger abandons his illegal calling and marries the girl. The programme also includes several new all-talkie features. Chief among these are songs and items by Daphne Pollard. one of England’s famous comediennes; comedy by O’Neill and Vermont: songs by the Harrington Sisters; songs by Allan Prior, the celebrated Australian tenor: jazz by Roger Kahn’s orchestra; and some amazing scenes of an airplane refuelling in mid-air during a 150 hours’ record endurance flight.