BRILLIANT COMEDY

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1076, 13 September 1930, Page 15

BRILLIANT COMEDY

“SO THIS IS LONDON’’ AT CIVIC LAUGHS WITH WiLL ROGERS The genial wit and philosophy of Will Rogers flows freely thro.ughout “So This is London," the comedy shown at the Civic Theatre yesterday. This uproarious tale of American antipathy, which might well have been named "We i are all brothers under the skin," drew much laughter from the audience. "VV r -ITEX people or nations have dis- * * senting views concerning each other, there can be no amity unless the divided forces get together—to smile over their supposed differences. This is delightfully proven in “So This is London.” Based on an equally successful stage play of some time ago. the story deals primarily with a wealthy owner of a cotton mill in Texas, a role played by Air. Rogers, America’s “premier wit and homely philosopher.” The character he interprets thinks he has a decided dislike for certain foreign types, especially the English aristocrat of the caricatures. • Eventually there comes a time when he has to visit the British Isles in order to arrange for the purchase of an English mill. He takes his wife and only son abroad with him, and on the way over Junior falls in love I with an English ' girl returning from the States. When the love affair gets serious papa decided it is time for him to check it. for the marriage of his son to an English girl is the one thing he will not tolerate. “REGULAR FOLKS" TTis efforts to stop the marriage, hibmeeting with her titled parents and his finding out that they are not what he thought, but ‘‘regular folks,” coupled with their change of mind toward Americans, forms the plot of a highly entertaining and decidedly instructive picture. “So This is London” is only Mr. Rogers’s second talking picture, but he has secured an unqualified triumph in tliet new medium. Like Chevalier, he has a personality to which neither camera nor microphone constitutes a barrier. The talking screen lias never before provided such a delightfully natural performance as that given by Mr. Rogers as the typical mid-West American. * Irene Rich heads the support as the wife of the American and Maureen O’Sullivan and Frank Albertson are the youthful lovers. Lumsden Hare and Mary Forbes are the titled English people. The cast is practically faultless. The film is a riot of laughs from start to finish, and Mr. Rogers is responsible for a comedy performance that can be chuckled over for hours. There are several interesting items on the remainder of the programme. Opening with two newsy soun.i gazettes, there, is an ‘Oswald the Rabbit” cartoon and a novelty feature, “Horoscope for People Born in February.”

BOHEMIAN ORCHESTRA CONCERT ON SEPTEMBER 25 The next concert of the 2 930 season ’ by the Bohemian Orchestra will be given in the Town Hall on Thursday, September 25. A very fine programme is in. course of preparation, including works by Wagner, Delibes, Haydn, Victor Herbert, Cherubini. Manchinelli, Grainger and Alfred Hill. Mr. Colin Muston is the conductor and Miss Edith Whitelaw leader of the orchestra. Miss Joan Laird will be the soloist and Master Harold Taberner will be the violin soloist. Details of subscriptions are advertised. AMBASSADORS, PT. CHEVALIER ! “Troopers Three" is the new talkie to be shown at the Ambassadors Theatre. Point Chevalier, this evening. It is a gay tale of life in the United States Cavalry and of three tramps who joined for a lark and found they were tied for three years. Eventually tiv ' become expert horsemen, but not until they have passed through many a musing experiences. Summerville is the leader. Bright supports are also being shown.

AEOLIAN ORCHESTRA Another brilliant concert by the ir> the Lewis Eady Hall next Tuesday. evening 1 . Miss Berji Smith and M: Duncan Black will be the soloist*.