STRAND THEATRE.
Few war comedies exist, and "Old Bill" is the only one that reflects the humour of things m retrospect. The film version provides opportunity for Syd. Chaplin in the role of Old Bill, with his "walrus" moustache and inseparable comforts to give expression to a side of the war which is to be remembered by many soldiers with a superb artistry, and a truthfulness to the attitude of the British "Tommy" which does credit to an American production, .bast evening's audience was kept in a perpetual state of merriment., whether Old Bill the worse for liquor, finds himself an .the German lines, inside a stage horse or whether he is suffering indignities from an officious corporal. The supports include a film showing the arrival of the Duke and Duchess of York in Auckland, and also a comedy.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 7
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139STRAND THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 48, 26 February 1927, Page 7
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