“FALLING FOR YOU.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 956, 28 December 1933, Page 3

“FALLING FOR YOU.”

Rollicking Comedy Heads Crystal Programme.

A really funny picture is offered at the Crystal Palace Theatre this week for there is a laugh for everyone in Falling For You ” —for the sentimentalist. for the realist, for the voung and for the old. It is Jack Hulbert at his breeziest and best. He repeats with equal cleverness his successes in “Sunshine Susie.” “Jack's the Boy.” The Ghost Train ” and ” Love on Wheels.” The setting of the plav is good. It is mostly among snow, and 'snow photographs well. Indeed,’ the photography is particularlv good. and some very interesting and attractive “shots” are included in the picture. The plot centres around two journalists on the search for “ stories.” Jack is one, and Cicely Courtneidge the other. Cicely Courtneidge is one of the best comediennes of the screen. At times she is so good that she almost sweeps the honours away from the irrepressible Jack, but it is a ball game that these two play, and tney pat it back and forth at the expense of a helpless audience. The scene opens on the snowy slopes of a mountain, and here opportunity is given to Jack Hulbert to show his skill on skates. Besides being amusing, he is graceful. At the hotel the heroine enters. The part is taken by Tamara Desni, a newcomer to the screen. She plays the role of a lovely foreign lady pursued by an unwelcome fiance. Besides being attractive, she does come clever dancing on skates on the ice. Other important roles are taken by Garry Marsh and Alfred Drayton. The rest of the programme is also up to standard.