“GIVE AND TAKE,” TALKING COMEDY, COMING TO LIBERTY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 18805, 6 July 1929, Page 9

“GIVE AND TAKE,” TALKING COMEDY, COMING TO LIBERTY.

The excellent standard of talking programmes set by the Liberty Theatre is continued in the bill to be offered next week. The main attraction is the talking comedy, "Give and Take," in which appears a great cast, headed by those two seasoned actors, George Sidney and Jean Hersholt. The programme of short subjects to be seen and heard includes the Royal Hawaiians in new Island melodies, two short comedies, “The Raw Recruit" and "Barnum and Bailey," Fox Movietone news of the world. and perhaps the most interesting of all, the recording of last year’s service at the Cenotaph in Whitehall on Armistice Day. This is a most impressive film. showing the arrival of his Majesty the King, hearing the massed bands of the Brigade of Guards. "The Last Post," “Revielle” and the National Anthem. and the march past of troops. ex-service-men and V.A.D.'s. The principal picture, the comedy, “Give and Take," is a. delicious hit of whimsical humour. Love and business. in a. strongly Jewish atmosphere, again provide all the inherent humour that is always to be dm‘ived from such a combination, and the droll George Sidney is now heard in some quaint lines. He and Jean Hersholt play business partners who are more concerned with quarrelling over their personal diflierences than attending to their fruit preserving factory. And when George Sid—ney's son returns from college with bright and modern ideas for the factory, he is roundly abused by the partners. George Lewis. of “Coliegians” fame, plays this juvenile role with much eclat, and Sharon Lynn is the girl in the case, who ranges herself on the side of the‘ two old men. The whole thing becomes dcligthully complicated. nothing at all serious or tragic happenlng throughout this purely comic piece. And with talking, it is so much more fascinating. Every word comes through with great strength and clearness. and George Sidney’s little mannerisms and his quaint accent are not the least of the picture's attractions. “Give and 'Take" is the first all-laughing talkie to be screened in New Zealand. It is a. story of every-day life, human, funny and clever, not ambitious, but with a personality about it that makes it one‘ 02 the comedies of the season. Patrons] are advised to book seats at The Bristol Piano Company, where seats may be reserved for this picture.