MABEL NORMAND

Otago Daily Times, Issue 18047, 22 September 1920, Page 3

MABEL NORMAND

Sis Hopkins, Mubol Normand, wiU bo screened at tho King's iheatre to-night for the first time. History repeats itself in the case of "Sis Hopkins," the latest Ooldwyn photoplay starring Mabel Normand. Twenty years ago Koso Melville, the creator of the part on tho stage, set America rocking with laughter at the queer antics and philosophy of Sis. To-day Mabel iNormand in the screen presentation is following suit with even greater success, and Koso Melville herself admits that Mabel's impersonation is funnier than her own. -Lhis story of the little girl who wouldn't grow up, and who found lovo in a barnyard and a fortune in a well, will equally recommend itself to young and old and middleaged, lhose who have never laughed until now, will got the habit firmly started by seeing this delightful little comedienne. It is impossible to see her without joining in her merrymaking. "Sis Hopkins" says a rollickin , laugh don't, gather no wrinkles ' and besides, when you learn how to laugh, you don t care how many wrinkles you gain. Mabel Normand as Sis Hopkins has been already laughed at by millions. The little girl who was a boy—tomboy—who grew up like a weed and blossomed like a flower, the helter-skelter, girl and her Harum-scarum adventures, will give you the finest night's entertainment you ever had. She is a panacea for all ills except one, the side-ache from laughing Her philosophy. or as she spells it 'filosofy', will act as a tonio on a jaded system, and the little girl whoso 'paw' told her that a smile was a stingy man's laugh will raise more honest-to-goodness cheeriness than anything- we have seen for years." A fine programme supports the above