LIBERTY THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19461, 7 November 1928, Page 5

LIBERTY THEATRE.

Another picture of rare humour,, with pathos skilfully blended, is being shown at the - Liberty this week. Patrons of that thearte are always sure of an excellent evening's entertainment, and this week the programme is no exception. Heading the bill Is A comedy concerning those very comical persons, the Irish-Americans. - "Finnegan a Ball" is quite a simple story, but it is impossible not to become thoroughly intrigued over the activities of the two families concerned in it, not to be amused at their .eccentricities, not to follow with interest the romantic adventures of the younger mem< bers—in short, not to find the picture . a tremendously gay and original bit of screen foolery. The story opens in Ireland, amongst the quaint Irish folk. Blanche Mehaffey, the girl, receives enough money from her Irish lover, who is in America, to take them, the whole family, father, mother, and two children, to that land of riches, arrive there after"many.humorous, and indeed sometimes pathetic, little happenings. ■ There the fun continues unabated, with brickbats and bouquets alternating, and the climax ib attained when the Finnegans fall heirs t to a great estate, move into the loftiest circleß, know not the Flannigans—the other family—accumulate enormous billß, and then discover that some dolt of a lawyer has made a mißtake, and it is another family altogether tnat shonld be occupying the estate. ■ But all U» well in the end. ' _ . The second picture is a most thrilling and breathless comedy. "The .Fighters isi the title, and, as the name, suggests, it deals with the ring and all that goes on behind the scenes.