"THE MISSING LINK."

Press, Volume XLIV, Issue 19400, 28 August 1928, Page 11

"THE MISSING LINK."

A HILARIOUS COMEDY. STD CHAPLIN AT QPEEK'B THEATRE. "The Missing Link," the screamingly funny comedy showing »t the Queen's Theatre this week, features Byd Ohaplin at his best. As a laugh-malwr, this star has had a meteoric rise to fame, and Ms performances in those hilarious comedies, ."The Man on the Box," and "Charley » Aunt, I earned for him a reputation almost as great I as that of his illustrious brother. . Syd Ohaplin, as Arthur Wells, is, at the beginning of the story, a very nervous young man with a mortal terror of animals of any description. Offering to carry the baggage of a famous big-game hunter on to the boat which 1. to takVhim Jo Africa^ to quest of the "missing link," Arthur Wells, by a series of mishaps, is stowed away on the big liner. The discovery of the stowaway, and the resulting pursuit all over th?rt?p, form the basis of incidents provoking much laughter. During the chase Wells loses his nether garments but h.s native ingenuity stands him in good stead, and a chequered nig ««*« "» an lm P rovls< * kilt. A lady's handbag tor • B f°X',™ a girl's tam-o'-shanter, and he is the complete'laddie- frae Scotland' However he again has to take to bis heels, and finally hfdes in th" cabin of »ryde» the big- __.. !....,♦„.. Tim latter has received a letETtaS colonel U-to to be his host tl *}.£. in which he learns that the colonel's daughrerntends to" "take charge of Sim"' when he arrives. Dreading the ordeal nim, wuou u>> ro f B romantic and of being at the merey o hu substitute in returo w , SISSr?" sew'ou? n Wei of the missing, Knk I huge gorilla which is held in the ; nn«, a imgo b na tives. However, the ' H»V has a decidedlv sweet tooth and a penchant for toffee assises him in his ultimate, capture of t'h beast and the heart of.the• «.g M» love*. T Th6 vTu y irf°an ß d Cr uford S? fhl ' a wonderful troupe of animal "sUrs*' AkkaN™ impish, chimpanzee, prostars, ■"»■•. tn heartiest laugh-making vidmg »°™ • £ th t ™ are lions, leopards, and SSTtiM* the" fast and furious action ° £ is W second big "The. 1 Howes and Mildred Sory of the fight of a biU are a comedy, a scenic, and a cartoon. ~