AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18722, 19 June 1926, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS.

DELIGHTFUL COMEDY.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES."

LIBERTY THEATRE, MONDAY. It was very funny, what happened to Jones. In fact, it was so funny that even Ilia wife saw the joke and laughed with all her friends. Picture patrons are going to laughs too, Text week when they see the most uproarious tomedy-farce seen for years, "What Happened to Jones," which, with Reginald Denny, will be shown at *-be Liberty Theatre next week. A feature of Denny pictures is the astonishing energy of that young.man, ap energy that imperiously demands an outlet, even at the expense of the broken ribs of patrons of the theatre where be is to be seen, and in his latest comedy he in nowise desists from bis previous films, and in "What Happened to Jones" the., comedy is of that breathless, get-there-at-any-oost speed that is his own particular brand. For originality of theme this etory certainly would be difficult to beat, and it undoubtedly creates a record ; for laughter, in that it is ushered in with a chuckle and maJsea its final bow to the accompaniment of unashamed roars. It is the kind of picture it does one good to see, for it cannot bo called sensible, or even feasible, comedy. The antics. of the star and the amazing imbroglio of which he is the unhappy centre are altogether too farcically absurl to merit one's serious attention. Yet' poor Jones commands sympathy. From the time he awakes on his wedding morn to the moment he finds himself free from clinging young womon and accusing men, he bas the unstinted sympathy of his audience, even though, in the mid?t of their unseemly hilarity, those same people oenrcely know they" are pitying the poor fellow. Reginald Denny again has the capable Bupport of Marian Nixon in this comedy, and between them they sfford as boisterous an evening as any team of comedians has yet succeeded in doing. The box plans for the season are now on view at The Bristol Piano Co., where seats may be reserved.