BREEZY COMEDY

Evening Star, Issue 20054, 20 December 1928, Page 3

BREEZY COMEDY

COMING TO EMPIRE The iiaino of Jolinnic Hines conjures up a fast., exciting ami hilarious picture, and theatregoers who patronise the, Kinpiro Theatre to-morrow will not he disappointed, as ‘ Chinatown Charlie’ ranks with all this bright star's previous laugh specials. From the first scene to the last the action is brisk, and is rich in broad humour. ‘ Chinatown Charlie ’ abounds in thrills, just as many thrills as there arc laughs and loves; in situations of appalling danger, up against all manner of hallling Chinese jumping over houses and performing all the crazy tricks iho properly enamoured young man performs in search of his lady—in these situations the cheerful Hines still manages to make everything look extremely funny, even though ho has lost Snsi. In this picture Hines has taken a humorous slap at tho underwork!, always pictured in lurid colours, and bristling with had men and vainpish women, lie has picked on Chinatown as the scene ol his actions, which, even in tho midst of his love affairs and his melodramatic _ encounters with infuriated natives, is always diverting and originally humorous. A notable "feature of this comedy is the hero’s escape from a deu across a human bridge, a span Irora one top storey to another by a troupe of acrobatics. Of course, -the escape, besides being fraught with thrills, is hilariously 11 gagged ” by Hines, who, even in such a precarious position, could not resist the inclination lo_ raise the happy laugh. Taken all in all, this ‘ Chinatown Charlie ’ is as bright and breezy a comedy as this favourite player has produced lor some time, and he, is supported by a good cast, including Louise Lorraine and Anna May Wong. f ‘ Code of tho Scarlet,’ the second attraction, is a drama of the Royal North-west Mounted Police, with Ken Maynard as the leading The story is an original one by Forrest Sheldon, who is also credited with the adaptation and continuity. It is a real, Jive, intense drama of the North-west, and is bound to keep each member or the audience on the edge of his seat from tho opening flash to tho final flicker. Tho supporting cast includes Glady* M'Connell, who has the leading feminine role, El Rrady, Dot Farley. J. P. M'Gowan, Sheldon Lewis, Hal Salter, and Joe Hickson, Jn addition to tho above programme a special attraction for the children wiU bo included in the matinee presentations in the, form of two comedy special* —‘ The Rink,’ featuring popular Charlie Chaplin, and ‘ 'The Pawnshop/