GREAT BRITISH TALKIE SMASHES TRADITION.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 19 May 1933, Page 3

GREAT BRITISH TALKIE SMASHES TRADITION.

British film history was made when Gainsborough Pictures disclosed their latest production, “Sunshine Susie,” a musical comedy so witty, so gay, so technically brilliant, that it takes rank as the best British talkie yet made. ,In the past it has unfortunately been necessary to judge the majority of British pictures from lower standards than one applied to the Hollywood product. “Sunshine Susie” makes- a smashing break from that tradition. Judged from the highest standards, it remains a really great picture. The story which is based on a German musical comedy called “The Private Sec T a little typist from unemployment, to a wedding appointment with her rich and handsome employer. But it is not the story that matters so much as the way the director, Mr Victor Saville, tells it, and the east accomplish the interpretation. Prom title to fade- - out every incident in the film is decorated with wit and imagination. The plot is never permitted to loiter. The cameras dance from one shot to another The accompanying music is used with such ingenuity that it is always lending point and humour to the dialogue. And more remarkable still, the theme song —a weapon of torture in so many pictures —never breeds tedium because it is employed in a dozen different ways. The principal laugh purveyor is Jack Hulbert, in a bristlyhaired wig. His material is excellent; his timing and camera sense are superb. He proves himself one of the fin’est comedians that have yet graced talkies. Another great success is registered by Renate Muller, 'the leading lady. There is a warmth .about her personality and a sincerity about her acting that will capture the applause of any audience. She has that rare knack of making you believe in her. Instead of remaining a' shadow on the screen, her personality radiates over the theatre. “Sunshine Susie” is a tremendous credit to everybody concerned in its production. It commences a season at the Regent Theatre next Monday and Ibesday.