HILARIOUS COMEDY

Evening Star, Issue 23744, 27 November 1940, Page 8

HILARIOUS COMEDY

Sandy Powell’s funniest film to date, ths G.B.D. attraction. ‘ All at Sea,’ will ba showing at the State from Friday next.‘All at'Sea ' was produced with the full co-operation of the Admiralty, It is ai rare distinction for a British film company; to be given permission to,take films of Fleet at sea—and the strength of the Navy, makes an imposing background for tha comedy antics of Sandy Powell, who play* the part of an ordinary A.B. seaman, always in some Kind of trouble. Sandy Powell is employed as a messenger in a chemical factory. While carrying ai small cylinder of high explosive—invented by Professor Myles, who, prompted by hi» daughter, Diana, has brought the invert, tion to the factory—Sandy is given a simi. lar package to deliver, and without think* ing slips the explosive into his pocket. Dur* ing the morning he is sacked, and after do* livering the wrong package to the safe,leaves. He tries to get a job at the local cinema, but is directed to the wrong placa and finds that he has joined the Navy, and is entrained for Chatham Barracks imm** diatelyl Meanwhile, at the chemical factory, thejj have discovered the explosive is missing* and Brown and Williams, foreman and* manager of the works, who intend to sell it to a foreign power, blame Sandy. All efforts to discover Sandy’s whereabouts fail until Diana receives a postcard from Sandy telling her that he has joined the Navy.-’ Williams suggests that he drive her down, and sends Brown in advance to get tha cylinder from Sandy. They arrange to meet later—in Marseilles.

Brown gets the cylinder, and whe* Diana and Williams arrive, Sandy tell* them that be has already given the cylinder to Brown. Williams accuses him of lying* Sandv is called back by his officer to tak«, his place in the tug-of-war team, and Williams tells Diana that Sandy must hav» stolen it. However, Sandy sees Brown getting into his car, and hides in the back* and is taken to Dover. There he meet*. Nobby an old naval pal, who smuggles bint' on to H.M.S. Terrific, which is sailing fop Marseilles. On board Sandy discovers that he should have been with the party drafted from Chatham to join the Terrific! - Sandy is arrested for having stolen the cylinder. At Marseilles he is taken ashore by Bull, a petty officer, who has taken a dislike 'to Sandy.' They take’ a taxi to start theip journey back to England, and from thi* juncture Sandy’s adventures run on to a» amusing finish.