AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18924, 12 February 1927, Page 19

AMUSEMENTS.

" OLD CLOTHES." A DELIGHTFUL COMEDY. LIBERTY THEATRE, MONDAY Two excellent pictures will te presented 3 t •h- Liberty Theatre nest, we-k, J.nkie C-.cgans .'Tost production ior Metro-Gold-vyn, "Old Clothes," heading the programme. A. eequel to "Tho Ragman," inasmuch as many of tho old characters ap. p»:r again, and the two partners are still .M-crK- ;)i:rjuing their search for fabulous v.v.iitn. -Old Clothes" the same gay a::.i irrtspcneible comedy, the samo original tho same drama and pathos as th- former picture., with an appeal and an atmosphere all it, own. The most out-.'•-anuin< feature of this film js undoubtedly •Jackie Coo ? an. Although tho story is droll in.! i.ntcrfainin K , it i s the brilliant little j'.ar whu commands most attention through..ut with ?wift and unexpected changes oi mood and emotion, his wittv sallies, his cneerfu! interference in the aiiaira of everyone he. meets until this latter aspect brings him to the role of best man at a weddin" he himself had made. Theie appears to Iv- r.o limit to the sparkling versatility of thu remarkable child, who car. wed comedy to pathos so well and never dfjcc.-.rf to mere melodrama. 'Old ClotW h a n3 w and novel kind of picture, so new that every scene and action it wholly unexpected, and the characters arc eo that one never knows what they are soinp to do next. There is Max Ginsberg, senior partner in th-j flourishing firm, ever complaining about something, llways ready with e stinging and witty retort to the most harmies? question, an indispensable figure to tho 6uccesa and entertainment of the picture. There is little Tim Kelly himself, tho romnleraent of tho firm, played by Jackie Cooga'n with all his exuberance and childlike appeal. Joan Crawford has a part which she plays with charming simplicity, while Lillian Elliott supplies buxom and good-natured comedy in her role.

"The Old Soak," with the famous character actor Jean Hersholt in the title role, is the other attraction, and ia one of the sineeresl and tenderest and most quietly amusing home dramas ever seen on the screen. A picture like this is very welcome indeed, for its simplicity, its truth, its realism. The humour is mellow but none the less hilarious; its pathos js effective and deep, but not sentimental. There are moments of intense drama In "The Old Soak," and sequences of lavish and brilliant display. It is as near that wonderful film, "Hs People," which we had the pleasure of presenting some months ago, as anythilng we have ever seen. The acting of Jean Hersholt is a revelation, while George Lewis as the juvenile lead, Louise Fazenda as the inevitably humorous "hired girl," and Juno Marlowe as leading woman, all put some finished and delightful acting into the production.

The Liberty Concert Orchestra, under the direction of Mr Ernest Jamieson, will be heard in special orchestral selections, includ-

ing the following numbers:—Overture, "Poet and Peasant" (Suppe); ballet suite, "Feramors" (Rubinstein); fantasia, "Lohengrin" (Wagner); "Der Freischutr" (Weber); suite, "Belsazar" (Sibelius); entr'acte, "Hi Diddle Diddle" (Eeidcl); selection, "William Tell'' (Rossini); song hits, "Pearl of Malabar,' "Save Your Sorrow," "Hi! Ho! the Memo." The box plane are now open at The Bristol Tlano Company, where eeats may be reserved.