KING’S THEATRE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20164, 6 February 1940, Page 5

KING’S THEATRE

LAUREL AND HARDY IN “THE FLYING DEUCES” AND “STOP, LOOK AIS T D LOYE” Laurel and Hardy again provide good, down to earth slapstick on the screen in their latest picture, “The Flying Deuces,” which opens to-day at the King’s Theatre. This laugh-provoking comedy proves to be one of the best, of their long career. There is little reliance on gags. Instead. the comedians have resorted to that excellent brand of pantomime which distinguished them during their earlier years. It might be suggested here that those who see the picture pay particular attention to the musical score. Music has been used to excellent advantage to augment the comedy situations, and has more than substituted for the gags that are so commonly relied on in such pieces. The story concerns a couple of tourists in Paris, who through unrequited love for a girl, join the French Foreign Legion to forget her. Given the dirtiest jobs in the regiment, they finally rebel, only to be charged with desertion. Sentenced to death,' they escape in an endurance aeroplane. As a couple of novice flyers, they make the most of comedy opportunities, finally crashing. The climax of the picture is best left unrevealed. The associate feature, “Stop, Look and Love,” is a riotous romantic comedy starring Jean Rogers and Eddie Collins.