"FAST AND FURIOUS."

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19104, 13 September 1927, Page 13

"FAST AND FURIOUS."

A DENNY COMEDY, FUN AT THE LIBERT?. Reginald Denny's latest film was enthusiastically received at the Liberty Theatre last night. Afl is usual with Denny comedies, there was not a dull moment in the picture, and the audience stopped laughin« only to gaßp at the hair-raising thrills with which the comedy was punctuated. Imagine a young man, suffering so badly from nerves that the sound of a motorhqrn in the street is (sufficient to demoralise, him completely. Dose him with «mde a,!-, cohol until ho ia what is vulgarly known as fighting drunk, and put him m a raoing car with the knowledge looming foremoat in Mb bemused intelligence that on the result of a terrifying road race hangs ■Jiis future happiness, and there is material for much fun. The refreshing Denny has taken full advantage of this opportunity, and the nen* tension and laughter which the comedy inspires loave one with a mental and physical fatigue, very satisfying ttie senses. A, high etandard is attained throughout the* picture, and one .part that particularly deflated the large audience. Was the • actual race round which tie plot of the story revolves. Drivings greyhound- of the road while "swam- of ants manoeuvre* *U over him, Of alternately struggling with a panic-stricken mechanic, . Would tend to make the average -motoeut's driving extremely erratic, and disaster couia be s&felv predicted, but Denny romps home in n" rU with a length or eo to spare and claims the inevitable and charming girl, the pri£ Of 10,000 dollars, and the award of merit beStoWed by the audience.for the best Denny comedy yet. t Ass ** ,4t S„l v the star in a strong oast a*e Barbara Worth, Claucle Gillingworth, atld Leo "supporting features Include the, Usual news budget, a travelogue, <£cartoon, and a rollickintr Stern Bros, comedy. / tTio ffitv Cpncert Orchestra, under the, baton o Mr Ernest Jamiespn,- played W. on programme of classlca*! and potmu* numbers The overture was Inter&.AU&™! "' "Shepherd of the Hills" (Mcholls).