AMUSEMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 28 June 1926, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS

EMPIRE THEATRE TO-NIGHT

‘•CHARLEY'S AUNT”

The farce was originally produced in England thirty-three years ago, and lias played continuously and in almost every known language ever since. As a screen farce, however, it far surpasses the stage version partly because the screen permits latitude in settings, and largely because Svd. Chaplin is by far the greatest oomedv actor who ever assumed the title role. ‘The simple story of a college boy who assumes the part of an elder y aunt in order to help his chums win the girls they love, is told m the straight from the shoulder manner which is so delightful and refreshing. Without recourse to gags and by-plots, the play attains a maximum of suspense and manages by some miracle to maintain the fullest share of:comedy throughout every moment of the production. Iheie is not a single slow moment in the film, even in the rare intervals when Chaplin himself is not on the screen. James K Page, SpettigUe, in the stage version for the past twelve years, gives a delightful performance of the film, and is responsible for many of the hundreds of laughs which were collected. Comedy and News. ‘ • ' ?•