RECENT THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11325, 1 October 1930, Page 6

RECENT THEATRE

“SUNNY SIDE UP.”

Wherever it has been shown, “Sunny S.de Up,” which will have its initial screeing at the Regent at 2 p.m. o-day. has been acclaimed as one othe outstanding “talkie” success oj Are year, in the opening sequences .me is given a most realistic impression of the East Side of .New York enjoying itself on the Fourth of J ul ■. pj’d then suddenly switched to an aristocratic watering place—a rendezvous of the ’“'Four Hundred”—to sec how the other half of tire world lives. It is in the East Side that one meets the heroine, Molly Carr, a lovable lit tie soubrette, and the darling of the East Side, and her friends. Eric S wen sen, the- great-hearted storekeeper, Bee Nichols, and Eddie Rafferty. Then, as incidentals to the story, there are such delightful little nterludes as the chindren’s hand, the performers in the street concert, and 'ts audience, the magnificently set md snectnoular scona “Turn on the Tleat,” and a dainty juvenile ballet, fanet Gaynor, as Mollv. proves herself to be a vocah'st distinctly above the ordinary, and besides playing Her part with the utmost naturalness and vharm. she sings “I’in a Dreamer,' and “Sunny Side Ur>” most attractively. Her duet with Charles Farrell ,“Jf 1 Had a Talking Picture of You,” is also a number worth hearing.’’ Charles Farrell gives an admirable characterisation of the wealthy voongman who brings happiness to Mollie. Marjorie White and Frank Richardson make a great comedv pair. The former dances well, and she sings a .comedy number as •it should be- sung, and she acts well. Their rendering of, “You’ve Got ..Me Pickin’ Petals Off of;Daisies”, is alone an entertainment in itself. Quietly humorous, never obtrusive, ana t-et making every noint either by gesture or by voice, El Bremlel is without, doubt a oniet comedian par ex'•'plleime. An all-talking comedy “So This- Is Marriage” will also he screened .