REGENT THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20257, 8 June 1931, Page 7

REGENT THEATRE.

"HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE."

Many artists who have achieved success in a certain fllift find it difficult to enhance their reputation by subsequent appearances. Such, however is not the experience, of Robert Woolsey .aod Berf Wheeler, who made such a hit in that amusing film "The Cuckoos." These inimitable comedians have chosen "Half Shot ,#t Sunrise" as their latest laughter-maker, how being screened at the Kegent- Theatre, and there is no question about their success, both ihen are «s agile as cats, and apparently possessed of as many lives, for in a few days, as a couple of "Doughboys" of the American Army overseas they pass through as many experiences, funny and otherwise, as would satisfy most men for a lifetime. ;The?Q 'is Unlimited scope for their talents in "Half- Shot at Sunrise.'' , Little wonder is it that the two .Doughboys who have overstayed -leave in Paris are the despair of the American military police, who are unable to locate them, although there j\re numerous complaints made daily concerning their conduct, or rather misconduct. One day they appear as lieutenants, tho nest as majors, and the following day as colonels, only hesitating at tho rank of general for, as one tells his friend in mischief, it carries •withMt no chanpe of further promotion. They do not even stop at helping .themselves to the armlets of the military tfolico who are looking for them when the occasion strikes them as being appropriate for such an impersonation. One o£ the funniest moments qf tho .picture is when they are chased into a restaurant by & couplo of military policemen, who are convinced that at last they have run their quarry to earth. The pursued are In tho staff'.s quarters, and there is only one way of getting out —that'by which they have entered. But once again the police taste of disappointment, for when the wanted ones fftU tp appear an inspection is made of the restaurant staff, only to reveal that all present are genuinely employed on the premises, the Doughboys having made their escape under the noses of the men looking tof thorn by the expedient of changing intp Waiters' clothes. Some excellent comedy ,is provided when they wait .at the table oj the colonel of their regiment, and subject him t? all epyts of annoyances by the way they interpret h|e orders, and otherwise. Eventually they are run to earth, but not before they have gene through somo hair-raiainir experiences at the front. Wheeler and Woolsey are so genuinely funny [that they must take* 'Tank as supreme comedians of the talking screen.. • Among the supports is a travel picture of China, In which the Great Wall is shown, and n comedy, which ie noteworthy in_ that i,t presents the boarding of a Zeppelin by a daring airman, who drops on to the big envelop from an aeroplane.