"ADAM AND EVIL."

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19274, 31 March 1928, Page 8

"ADAM AND EVIL."

EDEN UP-TO-DATE. CRYSTAL PALACE, MONDAY. "Adam and Evil" is the story of a scrappily-married couple, somewhere in California. But though the title be a contortion of Adam and Eve, it still has something to do with man's natural naughtiness, as Mr Shakespeare used coyly say; still, Evil is Adam's accompanying counterpart; still' Eve sighs that she has nothing to wear; the old story of the Garden of Eden brought up-to-date by Mr Lew Cody and Miss Aileen Pringle, with Roy D'Arcy a good Pinch-Mc, and Gwen Lee a i'ourth dimension whose original is not mentioned in Genesis. A comedy, a marital drama of a captious wife, a philandering husband, a twin brother, and a large income. "Adam and Evil" will be the starring attraction at Crystal Palace Theatre 011 Monday, and one of the best comedies ever to be screened at that house. Lew Cody and Aileen Pringle are regarded as tho best comedy team appearing in pictures. All comedies centring round a husband and wife of the leisured class usually depicted on the films are sophisticated and smart, and so it is entirely unnecessary to mention that "Adam and Evil" folloifs this track. It is a story for the man and the woman of the world, and though spiced with that sophistication so beloved of Hollywood producers, it still retains an immense umount of genuine comedy, rather wild and hilarious at times. There are cabaret scenes, and a choice bit when friend husband comes home from a party, complete with caps, and squeakers, and balloons. There is, in short, a large measure of fun and frivolity all along the line, with reconciliations at the finale. Aileen Pringle acts with adorable subtlety, Cody with a nice mingling of the gauche with thef'knowing. Not so long since "The Waning Sex" was shown at the Crystal Palace', a picture •which ■ most conclusively proved that man, as a being, was doomed to obscurity. "The Reckless Sex," the second picture on the bill next week, exalts woman to the heights, in her chameleon* moods, as an adventurer, a stalker of her prey, a gay romantic, a comedienne. Madge Bellamy, in this thrilling tale, sets in Texas, down by the Rio Grande, gives one of the best performances of her career. A colourful and romantic story, a dash of 0. Henry about' if in its savour of Mexican revolutions, a dash of Miss 1928 at the end. Mr Alfred Buna's Symphony Orchestra will play the following musical programme:—Overture, "Zampa" (Herold), "Adagio" (Mozart), "New World" (Dvorak), "Jeux d'Enfants" (Bizet). "Barcarolle" (Mai Burnes-Lough-nan). "Molloy's Sones" (Bayne), "Tip Toes" (Gershwin). "Dainty Miss" (Barnes,) "A Dream of You" (Barron). The box plans are at The Bristol Piano Company, where seats may be reserved.