"TAKE IT FROM ME."
A REGINALD DENNY COMEDY. GRAND THE4TKE, MONDAY. Nothing cotj!4 bo »or* appropriate for the holiday "season than • Reginald Denny comed>, acd "Takt It from M«." out of this s-ior'a belt film*, n to b« screened al the tirtnd Theatre o+xt week. In thif picture So bu d:spe E ted with ath'ttie thrills, auto race*, or any ,p*ed thrills of that kind. A story aboot people is "Take It from Me, ' t'A about a j,a»i man tad two friends who go through fifty thO'iiand ia a few months. sad then turo round ard take over that Anrfiean OiTttery, a "department store," a-d natt Oik. it pay within twelve mo:>*hs, or rite he wanderers on th* fa-e of the earth. It in ■ detklo'ja treat ti »»«■ Reg-:-a d Dennv as manager of this store. Is d:tffttat at the shady isctk-a of the previous manager, he, tries to make it a dead loss, and the mora h«i tries, and the las* he works, the more the bitiD'ii pay?. He ar.d hit fritsdt control the shop in a highly diverting »nd original manner, and that constitutes all the humour and remedy of the picture. •'Take ft f r .,m Me - ' There ia also the .'.tt;<- matter of n-o larifet. Ulanche, VehaftVy ar.d Jetn Toilej. ■ Now when two ladies and ore gentleman become, entangled,, and *-h<n the gentlerr.ta ia Reggie bonny, something ii tare to happen. It happens in "Tiir It from Me." and in the t»es! Denny s'yle throughout. Whatever this actor sets hi* hind to turns to the goid of para comedy, and what more could one desire when seeking light ar.d refreshing er.tertainment t The tupporiiOK big picture will bo "Wild Blond " in which Jack Perrln and Rex. the wild horse, have the leads. This Is a *tory with a Western tatting, oeinjr developed round the th#-m« of gold mines, lawless men, and a band of wi!d hora»s A rattling rood fala. »#t in the ragged grandeur of the West, well afted, and a picture that hold« the interest ihroujhoot. Th«-re will be the usual pmt-rummr of supporting feature*, in-eluding n.naJd the Rsbbi! cartoons, short enm-diea. rewarteU. and n«»!t«- Bet plana are at The Bri«tol Piano t'o-mpar.y, uhere seats city be reserved.
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Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19581, 30 March 1929, Page 9
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