THEATRE ROYAL.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20777, 10 February 1933, Page 4

THEATRE ROYAL.

"MOVIE CRAZY." Said to be the funniatt picture Harold Loy<l hag ever produced, "Movie Crazy" is ■the big attraction which will he seen nt '•tbe Theatre Royal to-moi-roflr. Lloyd as »vmboKc of good wholesome; .voiuedy, and •'lKa.i:is the kind of taie that theatre patrons •want" a Jot, of these days. In addition, the film-proves that two years . ot-/silence have :oh!y;■ served to mature and perfect the .popular comedian's art. Constance Cummings heads a supporting cast', that .ia of exceptional excellence. Her lole 13 an exacting one, but she lives up to its every requirement. The second male lead is competently handled by Kenneth Thompson, and Louise Closser Hale, a commedieivne of tried ability, shares honours with the star in the most hilarious of the irxany/". .'hilarious sequence'. ."•'LLovd ' himselE has never been in finer form-"'titan for his role of a movie-struck boy~fioiir : 'a,' small town who "crashes" the •gates.of.ilollywood. He has -made the char-actei-a-,-.Evabie, human one, and has placed 'him'in a/story that is filled -with laughter from beginning to end. According to one ;liriUc,.'-he. should be awarded a medal for producing'the best cure for gloom that has appeared on the screen Bince 1929. ■ In--connexion with the screening of "Movie Graay" -at the Theatre Royal Ms-morrow, 'the stag* Trill he specially fitted up as a film studio, and the Christchurch competitors in tbe Cadbury, Fry, and Hudson screen tests will anpear. The finalists will compete with those from Auckland and Wclling--ton. in the Dominion final.

"Lady'and Gent" 'will conclude tbie evening.