GEORGE GEE STRIKES IT RICH

Evening Star, Issue 21722, 17 May 1934, Page 12

GEORGE GEE STRIKES IT RICH

OUTSTANDING COMEDY FOR ST. JAMES Following the success of ‘ Cleaning Up,’ his first screen success in the realms of comedy, George Gee is starred once more in ‘ Strike it Rich,’ a British Lion production, which will begin at the St. James Theatre tomorrow. As in the other production, he takes the role of a penniless young man, Eddie Smart, who is the laughing stock of the firm for which he works. He represents hair-tonic manufacturers—and apart from bis clumsiness he has only two outstanding qualities: his inferiority complex and his craze for dancing. One morning he absentmindedly dances right into the office of his terrifyingly stern employer, and there is trouble all round. Even Alary (Gina Maloi, his sweetheart, loses her patience with him and refuses to go out with him to lunch. Eddie wanders despondently through the streets. His attention is attracted by the window of a phrenologist's shop, and be goes in to have his bumps measured. Sankey, the phrenologist, bewilders him on his entrance, complimenting him on his remarkable head and comparing the measurements with those of a bust of Napoleou. He finally tells Eddie that he must be Napoleon the second—a Napoleon of finance! Eddie leaves the shop a changed man, convinced that henceforth everything lie touches will turn to gold. Returning late to the office, he proceeds to give orders to everybody, and finds that his new methods work like a charm! The truth is that Humphrey Wells, the managing director, has been informed that" Eddie may be the rightful heir to the late owner of the business; so until this news is confirmed, the whole staff must worm their way into Eddie’s good books, for fear of him sacking them afterwards. Prom that stage, the plot resolves itself into a series of mirthful incidents in which George Gee finally emerges triumphant. It is excellent comedy.