"THE BETTER 'OLE."

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 274, 21 November 1919, Page 5

"THE BETTER 'OLE."

"The Better, Ole," or; the ■"Romance of -Old 3Mt?! j's the stellar attraction to be presented at His Ma,jesty's Theater* ffor two nights :anda niatinee, coEazneiieing to-*monrow at 2.30. Adapted from the drama by Capt. Bruce Baiir3ss.fatili.er, it is a comedy of the taeaches that ihas made thousands lau^jfa.. In it one sees all the Iseauty, tlie tmderness, the rare and radiant htrawo", the grim purpose, the love of fellow-kind, and above all, .tke odd and in<lesei'ibaIble sense <of fun that would stop to 'orae'k a at the portals of tfoe 'btepond. Tlie three soldiers wlio make '•'•«« ost of the story a-re compared to the Three Musketeers, but Athos, jßorfebos, ans Aramis, in all the brave swagger of velvet, feathers, curbs., a-ned >swioi;ds, were never human heroes .-is Old Bill, Alf, and Bert. "The Better' >Ole" is not a war picture, but it depicts the little joys and sorrows ■and'-the jokes played on each other by ifee nvsm. 'behind the lines. The six /seels are full of'the hurrapi* that has made Bairnsfttther famaus. Bairnsfanther's ■stoiy ■of the British. Tommy's life an the trenches is ;all human. laughter., •often akin to ;tfiars, permeates almost every situation. It is a pky ©f sunshine, with an occasional cloud <sf b^ad Jiumo,r interspersed with. touchesi of ref.il "human pathos that appeals to the ;ei«K>tions of all AngloSajftns. Music in keeping with the tlieme accompanies the picture, and an -ensemble of tfhe very highest st^nflard is promise^. The bo^ plan is •a't-Jjhe Central Agency.'-.