AMUSEMENTS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 2 June 1926, Page 10

AMUSEMENTS.

“GIRL SHY.” CONTINUED SUCCESS

Harold Llnvd is one of the few comedians acting for the screen that give the public a good honest laughing service. He is at his best in “Girl Shy,” which once more had a [lacked house in shrieks of laughter throughout every foot of last night’s pciTonnanoo. Variety is the spice of life, and according to Harold Lloyd, is also the secret of success in making continuously good comedies. In bis latest, Llovd .has undertaken to portray an entirely new form of hero. He is seen as a bashful retiring apprentice who works in the small shop of a country tailor. Allhough terrified by the presence of the female sex, lie "believes that lie knows them thoroughly, and intends that the book he is writing about his imaginary love affairs will enlighten the rest, of the masculine world. A real “battling” picture is “The Knockout,” the oilier picture on the programme, in v. iiich Milton Silts spends most of the five reels in licking his opponents, both in Die ring and out of it. Mingled villi these fistic encounters are m-.ny thrilling scenes of the lumber camps, particularly those of a log hnve aid an enormous jam, which the hero vainly tries to clear by dynamiting. Some good comedy moments are provided by Jed Prnuty, as the fight, manager, with the very detachable toupee, and his adventures with a tame, hut hv no means harmless skunk. The Royal Orchestra, under the direction of Miss K. Sherlock. A.1.C.L., was again to the fore with a fine and appropriate programme of music.

THE GRAND. A HUAI AN STORY. The i tory of a mother who chose her ■daughter's husband is the appealing picture “The Denial,” which met with the appreciation of a large bouse at the Theutie Royal last evening. The story carries the older members of the audience hack to the days when they Here young. Back to the now quaint fashions worn by women, and the 'lawn of train-cars am! motor-cars, and the age of pushbikes. It tells of a beautiful girl who was denied her love and forced, through the interference of hen mother, to live the misery of an unhappy marriage. This heart tragedy of the older generation is contrasted witli the present high spirited freedom - of youth, and the way the situation is handled by the present-day miss is presented forcibly. There is a tremendous Ibeme to the story, which only escapes being a tragedy by showing what takes place twenty-eight years later. It makes one see how easily the tragedies of (lie day are swept aside by time and forgotten in the ever onward rush of new things. Clairo Windsor has the leading role, which she I curries on .through two generations. AViiliam Haines, Robert Agnew and Bert Roach are in the supporting east. The story was adapted from the stage plav by Lewis Beach. The fine supporting programme comprises an interesting New Zealand scenic, serpen snapshots, the “Patha News,” and a cross-word puzzle. The musical programme supplied by the Grand Orchestra was a special treat.