EMPIRE THEATRE PROGRAMMES

Evening Star, Issue 20586, 11 September 1930, Page 9

EMPIRE THEATRE PROGRAMMES

■ COHENS AID KELLYS IN SCOTLAND ' George Sidney, Charlie .Murray, Vera Gordon, and Kate Price are together again in ‘ The Cohens and Kellys in Scotland,’ the latest of Universal s uproarious “Cohen and Kelly” senes, which will commence screening at the Empire Theatre tomorrow. All are seasoned actors of stage and screen, singularly gifted for comedy portrayals. Ihey work together like clockwork. As for the story, suffice to say that the Cohens and Kellys, unknown to each other, start out for Scotland with the idea of making a fortune from the natives. They find that they were exceedingly over-optimistic in their intentions. The picture is studded with, hilarious incidents. For instance, the ineffectual attempts of Cohen and Kelly to play golf, their antics when they bet on the horse races, and Cohen trying to talk Scotch, all arc extremely comical. Alucli of tho credit for the success of tho picture must be given to William James Craft for his direction. Known as one of the foremost comedy directors in films, he had already shown his mettle in the “ Cohens and Kellys ” series by his direction of ‘ The Cohens end Kellys in Atlantic City. 1 • ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT ’ •Universal’s audible screen production of Erich Maria Remarque’s sensational best seller, coming to the Empire Theatre to-morrow week, is so magnificent, so powerful, that it hardly behoves mere words to tell of its heartrending appeal of its dramatic lire, its breathtaking battle shots in which men stab and kill each other, for tho glory of war. ft is nob only a great motion picture, because it has been built firmly and consistently upon tho plot of a great hook, it smacks of directional genius—nothing short of this, sensitive performances by a marvellous cast and the most remarkable camera work which has ever been performed on either sound or silent screens. The director’s treatment is superb. His sense of tho dramatic is unparalleled. His knowledge of what tricks the camera ma i can do to spellbind its audience is amazing. His understanding of the true and tender details winch play on tho spectator’s sympathy is perfect. If is sense of casting could not possibly have been better.