Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts as “Lovebirds”

Manawatu Times, Volume 59, Issue 248, 24 October 1934, Page 5

Slim Summerville and Zasu Pitts as “Lovebirds”

OUTSTANDING- COMEDY HIT ON DOUBLE-FEATURE BIEL

(Rosy, Screening Saturday.)

“Lovebirds” is the funniest picture in which Slim Summerville

and Zasu Pitts have ever appeared together. The tricky story is so tilled with hilarious situations, and witty dialogue, and the stars enter into the spirit or the thing with such a will that the result is nothing less than a sure cure lor the blues.

Imagine these two worthies, who detest the sight of each other, discovering that they have both bought the same ranch in Californiai And imagine their consternation when they discover that they are stranded on the property in the centre of a great sandy desert, miles off tho travelled roads, and with neither water nor another dwelling in sight! How a blow to .Summerville’s jaw brings about a gold rush of wildeyed prospectors to the very ranch in which both have sunk their savings is only one of the uproariously funny incidents in tho story. And the desert setting in ■which much of tho story takes place, furnishes a background of real charm and beauty, something rare ■in comedies.

William A. Seiter in "Love Birds" has turned out a comedy gem. Mickey liooney, tho screen’s outstanding boy actor, plays the biggest and most original role of his young career as • the goody-good Gladwyn and heads a supporting cast which .includes Frederick Burton, Dorothy Christy, Hugh Enfield, Maude Eburnc and many others.