“CUCKOO IN THE NEST.”
Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn in Ben Travers Farce.
A brilliant humorist's play, interpreted by two first-class comedians, should present exceptionally good screen entertainment. And” “ The Cuckoo in the Nest,’’ which heads the current programme at the Tivoli Theatre, does this. In book form, this Ben Travers farce was capital fare; on the screen, with Tcm Walls and Ralph Lvnn in the leading roles, it is, it possible, even more entertaining. It is one long sequence of humour, in which the lambus pair are ably supported by Mary Brough, Robertson Hare, Yvonne Arnaud and Grace Edwin— all familiar through their roles in previous screen adaptations of Travers’s plavs. In “ A Cuckoo in the Nest '■ Walls'appears as nn s father-in-law, but they are still companions :n distress. News music and an interesting interview with one of America’s most famous authorhumorists, are featured in the supporting programme.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20282, 17 April 1934, Page 3
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