COSY DE LUXE.
Saturday, Monday, Tuesday. October l»t, 3rd and 4th. •The Lady of the Harem” (Paramount) —A Raoul Walsh production adapted from the celebrated English success, “Hassan.” with Ernest Torrence and Greta Nissen leading ■ super cast. Its the limit in goregousneas and a stunning romance. “Oh! Baby” (Universal Jewel).—The laugh of the year, its a Broadway sporting hit and played by the greatest cast of stage celebrities ever assembled. (We guarantee this is no ordinary movie.) Entertaining supports. Wednesday. Thursday, Friday. October sth, 6th and 7th. “Summer Bachelors" (Fox Super).— Warner Fabian, who gave you “Flaming Youth,” wrote this super • story of a man who believed in being a Batchelor every summer. 1 •Heaven on Earth” (Metro).—With Renee Ado ret and Conrad Nagel. The heroine of the “Big Parade” ai a Romany lass with a Gipsy love. Trevrlorue and Gazette.
“OH! BABY* Om of the Bif One's for Saturday at the Cosy de Luxe. Funny, amusing, gay, rollicking! These and any other adjectives at the critic's command must be summoned to describe the elements that go to make up the sidesplitting comedy “Oh! Baby!** It marks the screen debut of Little Billy, diminutive vaudeville star, who is supported by Madge Kennedy, Creighton Hale, Ethel Shannon. Flora Finch and David Butler. At the outset we see him as a prize-fight manager who when viewed with his gigantic and muscular boxers, appears as the reincarnation of Tom Thumb. Charley, one of his sporting friends, cornea io him with a hard luck story. He need* a wife and an eight-year-old daughter immediately to win the million dollar inheritance of a wealthy old aunt who has demanded that lie bring his family to visit her. To carry out the hoax Charley persuades Little Billy to impersonate his daughter Evangeline, while a magazine writer who is interviewing the prize fight manager, consents io pose as wife to his worried friend. From this p int the complications descend upon Billy thick and fast. In respect to story, treatment ard acting, “Oh, Baby!** is the last word m corking engrwiimen*.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XVII, 1 October 1927, Page 10
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