KING’S THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXX, Issue 12200, 12 March 1934, Page 6

KING’S THEATRE

“SOLDIERS OF THE KING” Saturday was a ga'a day at the King’s. There were in all four sessions a.n.d at the matinees which were crowded with delighted juveniles, each of the patrons received a gift of an Alaska pie on leaving, making the occasion' even more memorable.

There was a superb headliner in- the British comedy, ‘‘Soldiers of the King”, featuring the well-known English ' actress, Cicely Courtneidge, in the double role of queen -'of an acrobatic troupe and her mother. Edward Evevrebt Horton plays the male lead;. The picture is one of the most humorous seen here for many a day'. It is by no means a (war or army picture, its title, being based on tire fact that the well-known oldtime song “Soldiers of the King’’ is one of the principal musical numbers Outstanding among the other songs •are “The Moment I (Saw You”, “When Love Comes Knocking at the Door” and 'There’s Something about a Soldier.” While every moment of the picture is sheer delight owing to the speed with which one laughable incident follows in the wake .»r another, one sequence will stand out in the memories of all -who sec it. One of the -adagio troupe fails to appear, and at the last moment Cjoely takes her place. It would bo impossible to imagine anything fun-, nier than the inelegant Cicely Courtneidge trying vainly to appear graceful as she is thrown from one man to another. The supporting ca it comprises many famous English, vaudevillians who perform their regular “acts’’ for your enjoyment, and the Courtneidge comedy is . greatly, enhanced by the presence of Edward Everett Horton, veteran comedian ; t many of the most successful pictures from Hollywood.