Comedy Abundant in Coquette
Touches of quaint and whimsical comedy in Mary Bickford's newest picture, “Coquette,” to be shown at the Palace Theatre on February 13 and 11. are many. - Director Sam Taylor, a graduate of the Harold Lloyd school of comedy, ■has lightened the drama of Miss Pickford’s story of the little Southern coquette with effective bits of gaiety and youthfulness. The opening scenes in which-the heroine attempts to dispose of hex'faithful lover, Stanley, in favour of her newest, conquest, refleetthe humour' of every day realism. The efforts of the younger brother Jim-my, to achieve manhood . in the smoking of his after-dinner cigarettes and in his disgust at the coquetries of his sister .and her friends, will bring an understanding smile to all men- who were once boys. The pathetic comedy of the scene in which Norma tries to
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 7135, 5 February 1930, Page 9
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