BRITANNIA

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 173, 12 October 1927, Page 18

BRITANNIA

“THE KID BROTHER” Lloyd's latest Paramount rele*»* keeps up to Harold’s nigh stand a *r ‘ presenting a “different” dramatic st • and then treating it in an original ner. Gags, such as the never-to-forgotten Crescent Laundry seC|^ ninif in “For Heaven’s Sake” k--»cp popping up at unexpected intervals and thr it all Lloyd leaves a trail 01 )a<* n » behind him whenever he appears In brief. “The Kid Brother is being shown at the Bri Theatre, tells the tale of the son of a family of strong m control a tiny mountain town. A , cine show arrives, and m a ing the sheriit’s badge. gives 2“%* licence. Father hears of this, there’s—well, Harol.i has a tem , ( time righting things when the* m ro tent catches on fire and a tur n* of money is stolen. But ai out for the best, as in a thrilling aboard an abandoned snip 0 f proves himself a hero “d a be:lng called something other “Kid Brother. ’ Adolphe Menjou in his latMt_P»rt. mount starring vehicle. Sw*. t&ar Ladies.” portrays the sort of ro eminently suits him. a "The Grand Duchess and the'" b—and "A Social Celebrity. Tne d „_ dressed man on the screen t closes himself as one of the wlets* on the screen as well.