AMUSEMENTS

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 34, 12 February 1929, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS

KING'S THEATRE, "TOPSY AND EVA." Racing across huge snowdrifts with Simon Degree and the. blood-hounds in pursuit would -naturally bo thought a4j a situation both harrowing and exciting, out 41s it is presented on the screen at the King's Theatre in the Duncan film, "Topsy and Eva," it becomes uproariously funny. "Topsy," played by Rosetta Duncan, finally eludes the snarling Legree and his dogs, only to run full smack into a graveyard with hooting owls and live spooks.

The snow scenes for this film version of the musical comedy, mado famous by the Duncan testers through four years of success in the "United States and Europe, were made at Lake Tahoe, sometimes called "the California Alps," and at an • altitude of approximately ten thousand feet. Due to the intensely ratified atmosphere, very little, running could be done, and in the chase scenes Director Del Lord had to call numerous halts to permit his actors to regain their breath.

"Topsy and Eva' 1 ' is the first film venture of the Duncan Sisters, who were finally persuaded by Joseph M. Schenck to picturize their successful stage vehicle for United Artists, Included in cast' are Gibson Gowlanu, Marjorie Daw, Nills Asther, Myrtle Ferguson, who toured, in the pray with the sisters; Noble Johnson and Henry Victor.