BRIGHT PRODUCTION.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 757, 10 May 1933, Page 3

BRIGHT PRODUCTION.

Eddie Cantor Has Lead in “ Palmy Days.” “ Devil’s Lottery," a fine romantic drama starring Elissa Landi, will be screened at Everybody's Theatre for the last time on Friday night. In ** Palmy Days,’’ which will begin a return season at Everybody’s Theatre on Saturday. Eddie Cantor is his old self, bouncing, prancing, dancirg, ebullient. His beady black eyes still look up at the ever constant menace that threatens to exterminate him. In ‘ Palmy Day s,” Cantor fulfils his promise made in “ Whoopee ” that he is in pictures to stay, and that the screen has a definite place—a high place—for him in ts roster of favourites. Eddie is ■‘tided and abetted ijy the lanky Charlotte Greenwood. Together, they amble and ramble through the blithe nonsense of the story as leaders to a battalion of Hollywood’s most decorative femininity. Barbara Weeks, one of Samuel Goidwyn’s newest discoveries, lissome, winsome and sweet, is a not inconsiderable attraction in the bevy. Barbara Weeks shares with Eddie Cantor and Charlotte Greenwood the gay burden of the story, which was written by Cantor, Morrie 1 tvs kind and David Freedman. It concerns the adventures of Eddie, who is sent as efficiency expert to wreck the fantastic bakery of Mr Clark. Eddie is in the hands of a gang of crooked spiritualists. By using Eddie as a <lupe, thev plan to destroy the plant and be able to buy it cheaply for a rival. Box plans at The Bristol.