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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26543, 19 August 1947, Page 7

//// m CLAUDETTE COLBERT in the leading role of “THE EGG AND I” (Regent Theatre, Friday) by WARREN WARWICK (Official Commentator: British and Overseas Pictures) Yes. i saw this picture at the State Theatre and I think even that massive palace must still be rocking on its foundations from the vibrating roars of laughter which several thousands of helpless people let loose. My old intercostal muscles are ,still aching from the strain. No wonder! This comedy-drama [is produced from that humorously | human book, “THE EGG AND I,” iby Betty MacDonald—the actual i story of how Betty and her husband, Bob, tried to make a success of a chicken farm. The book has sold in fantastic numbers, running Into millions. It all began when Bob MacDonald carried his pretty little or.ide over the threshold of that dilapidated shack in the heart of the Olympic Mountains. The door fell down. Wouldn't it? How they tamed their home in the wild: their daily adventures with the wild creatures 'of the forest and also the wildest human creatures who ever peopled the wild; their s t r ug g 1 e to hold their loving companionship face to face with wind and rain, hail and snow, flood and fire—l must leave you to see for yourself. Bob and Betty, played by Claudette Colbert and Fred Mac Murray, are funny beyond words. Of the jlady nothing more need be said (except that she exudes charm and ‘mirth in everything she says and !does. I doubt if any other actress (living could give us such continuous jeause for laughter. .. X...;" Frod Mac Murray * 1 Fred Mac Murray is indeed tieImendous, both in stature and in his [rushing torrent of furious fun. 1 wish I had space to tell you labout ALA, the extraordinary characters in the play, but I must mention their neighbors, the Kettle family, who run a ramshackle farm. ! “Ma” Kettle (Marjorie Main) is the boss. She bosses her shiftless husband, “Pa” Kettle (Percy Kilbride), and her brood of 15 untameable small Kettles amid a chaos of pots, pans, goats, dogs, hens and chickens. She is the original old woman who lived in a shoe. You know iwhat X mean. Then there is Billy Reed, the ponderous pedlar; Grim Henty, the sour- faced egg-merchant: the sozzled Siwash Indians; lovely Louise Allbritton, the mountain maid with a yen for men ye ken! Oh ... . and “SPORT," the most sagacious and cowardly hound on earth! k “MA” KETTLE “THE EGG AND I" is grand entertainment, mostly merriment certainly, but there is also a tender tug at the heartstrings which is a very warming experience. It is a picture you will probably wish to see twice at least. There is so much incident, so much human appeal, so much laughter, that it is almost impossible to take it all in at your first visit. ; Excuse me: my eyes are still (streaming and I have a pronounced giggle-cramp under the fifth rib. i The right to republish this critique )has been purchased from Mr. Warjwick by ’ UNIVERSAL-INTERNATIONAL PICTURES. TIRED KIDNEYS OFTEN BRING Sleepless Nights four kidneys contain 15 mites ol tiny tubes or titters which help to purify the blood and keep you healthy. When they get tired and don't work right in the daytime, many people have disturbed nights. Frequent or poor kidney action sometimes shows there is something wrong with your kidneys or bladder. Don't neglect this condition and lose valuable restiul sleep. When disorder ol kidney function permits waste matter to remain in your blood, it may also cause nagging backache, rheumatic pains, leg pains, loss of pep and energy, swelling, puiiiness under the eyes, headaches and dizziness. Don't delayl Ask your chemist er store for Doan's Bockache Kidney Pills, * stimulant-diuretic used successfully by millions ior over 40 years. Doon’s give happy relief and will help the 15 miles of kidney tubes eliminate impurities from your blood. 4slc Your Chemist or Store For QOAN'fi Backache Kidney Pills^^ Foster McClellan Co.. Proprietors; IS Hamilton S(.. Sydney. NZP-10 t>Co’ For Healthy Herds a/u/atfs me SYKES'S DRENCH Sold by all Chemists 1/6 pkt. and Stores ... 17/- doz. SYKES’S DRENCH