EMPRESS THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 118, 14 November 1925, Page 10

EMPRESS THEATRE.

There have been screen comedies good and indifferent, but "Girl Shy," Harold Lloyd's latest vehicle of- fun,,is among the best to date. The be-spectacled comedian has seldom done anything better than his portrayal of a tailor's-appren-tice in a small town, afraid of women, and beloved of them. His bashfulness is but a lure for all the women in/, the sleepy town, but, as is usual in all happy tales, there is the one woman, arid for her the hero loses all his bashfulness, and becomes the stern lover, meantime making- propensities, given full ;expresconvulsing his audience with his i funsio'n in an unsmilling manner that is doubly effective.! There is a most exciting chase, and the novelty of, Lloyd's role, shows; up against the many sensational things that happen during its enactment. The scenes in the 'sleepy town are contrasted with quick motion in the city, whither our hero goes. One hafc to sea Lloyd in "Girl Shy" ;td appreciate his real art, for it is an unusual role for him. Playing opposite is dainty little Jobyna Ralston, the , diminutive, star who has been the vis-a-vis if the' spectacled favourite in many of his most' recent releases. Richard Daniels',' Carlton Griffin, Priscilla King, and Dorpthy: Dorr are among the featured players,, and there is a bevy of mogt charming, misses who make the life of the tailor's, apprentice one long worry, so attentive are they. The supporting films include a gazette which has some scenes of the ; military tattoo at Wembley, the boys' golf championship of Britain, and-topical events that one reads of in the:newspapers. A cartoon and an extra comedy are also in the programme. The Empress Orchestra, under Mr. M.;,pixon, plays incidental music and overtures. "Girl Shy" will be screened; to-night and throughout next week. <■■-■