EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19910, 23 April 1930, Page 4

EVERYBODY'S THEATRE.

Those who liko their comedy strong and undiluted, will find their desires more than satisfied by "Harmony at Home," the picture at Everybody's this week. The play is on absolute and unrelieved comedy, but it must not be thought from this that it is in any way monotonous. It is funny from the first and continues funny to the end. Moreover, the humour is not forced nor! is there the slightest trace of vulgarity, which i» introduced so often into pictures In an effort to make them funny. •'Harmony at Home" is one of the very few recent films which is capable of producing practically unceasing laughter, spontaneous and unaffected The picture is probably a new type in Christchurch in that it introduces the comedy of family life. It is not the story of any particular family, but that of an ordinary average middle-class American family. The part of Papa Waller, the head of the family, is taken by William Collior, ienior, who is well known on tho American Stage and has only recently entered the talking picture world His acting is. to use an Americanism, "just great" and he loaves the impression of being a domesticated, kindly, and lovable old man. The story revolves round him, his wife, his three children, and the young man in love with his eldest daughter. These parts aro taken by Marguerite Churchill, Elisabeth Patterson, Dixie Lee, Charles Eaton, and Rex Bell. There is a good selection of supporting pictures, including a short comedy, "Fairways and Foul," and the News of the World.