“A KISS IN A TAXI”

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 119, 10 August 1927, Page 15

“A KISS IN A TAXI”

NEW REGENT ON FRIDAY The famous Montmartre section of Paris with its quaint cafes and temperamental artists, forms the setting- for Bebe Daniels’ latest Paramount starring vehicle, “A Kiss in a Taxi,” coming to the new Regent Theatre on Friday. Bebe is cast as the pretty, fierytempered waitress of the Cafe Pierre, whose penchant for throwing crockery at the heads of insistent admirers gets her into all sorts of difficulty. She finds herself in love with Lucien Cambolle (Douglas Gilmore), an unsuccessful artist, whose father forbids their marriage. Comic situations pile one on the other to culminate in an hilarious ending. Chester Conklin goes through an entirely new repertoire of antics in expressing disapproval of being made a goat. Director Clarence Badger is said to have got the utmost out of situations already intensely humorous, not neglecting any opportunity to inject sly touches. Supporting Miss Daniels is a strong cast of well-known actors, notably Agostino Borgato, who played 12 years with Elinor Duse; and Henry Kolker and Richard Tucker, both of whom have delighted courftless audiences in the past.