PRINCESS THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 23, 27 January 1923, Page 11

PRINCESS THEATRE.

i Ctcan, wholesome humour is infectious, "and anyone who has the ability to present it is deserving of all commendation. Real humorists are born, not made, arid Mabel Normand Is a real humorist. Her (reputation is a household word, as who does not remember her in "Mickey." But in "The Slim Princess," which [..made its first appearance at the Princess last night, she places herself in a class by herself. The whole picture is one continual round of merriment and laughter. A slim girl, set in the, midst of fat women, and despised because of that very slimness, resolves to get into the good graces of those around her by trying to become fat herself. She does this by means of a rubber covering blown up with air. Unfortunately the air causes her to lose her equilibrium, and occasionally the rubber is punctured, with disastrous •,■ results. The situations resulting are bandied in an inimitably funny way by the world's premier comedienne. Supporting this picture is a Selznick De Luxe, production, "The Partners of the Tide," whilst there follows a most amusing two-reel comedy,' "The Sky Terriers." There are to be seen also,a Topial Gazette and a scenic.