DELIGHTFUL COMEDY.

Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18723, 21 June 1926, Page 7

DELIGHTFUL COMEDY.

"WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES." LIBERTY THEATRE, TO-DAY. It i was • very funny, what happened to Jones. In fact, it wa3 so funny that even lua wife'saw the joke and laughed with all her friends. Picture patrons aie. going to laugh, tdo. when they ■ eee the most uproarious comedy-farce seen for "What Happened to Jones," which, with Reginald Denny, will be shown at the Liberty Theatre to-day. A feature of Denny ■pictures is the' astonishing energy. of that young man, an energy that imperiously demands an outlet, even at the expense of the broken ribs of patrons of .the theatre where he' is to' be seen, and in his latest comedy ha in nowise desists from his previous films, and in "What. Happened to Jones" the comedy is of that breathless, get-there-at-any-cost spped that is his own particular brand.. For originality of theme this ctory certainly would be difficult. to boat, and it undoubtedly creases 'a' record for laughter, in that'it is ushered in with a, chuckle and makes its final bow to the accompaniment of unashamed roars. It is the kind of picture it doeß one good to see, for it cannot be 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 far-. cirally-absurl to merit one's serious attention Yet poor Jones' commands! sympathy From, the time be,''awakeV:on .his wedding morn, to the moment ha 'finds himself free from clinging, young' women and accusing men, ho has the unstinted sympathy of his auidience, even though,'ip" the midst'of their rirfseemly hilarity, those, same people' scarcely know they.areipityinij'the' poor, fellow. Reginald Denny, again ■ haa, the. capable support of, Marian. Nixon in . this comedy, ..and between .them ' they afford boisterous an evening as any team of comedians' uas yet, .succeeded in doing. : The box plans for the season' are ! now. on view at 'The ' Bristol Piano Co., where seats may be reserved.