GOOD DOUBLE BILL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20364, 23 July 1934, Page 3

GOOD DOUBLE BILL.

“ Six of a Kind ” and “ Ace of Aces.” A double-fer.ture programme to suit all tastes is offered at the Liberty J heatre this week. An exciting tale of- aerial combat; of an aviator driven by love to savagery; of a man urged to kill by the vision oi a girl who called him “coward”; ot a man who recognised only one law—kill .or be killed, “ Ace of Aces,” starring Richard Dix and Elizabeth Allan, unfolds powerful drama, grim humour and breath-taking air thrills. Excellent combination of star and story are responsible for its entertaining qualities. In the leading role Richard Dix exhibits his dramatic power and appeal. As an idealistic, peace-loving artist who realises the futility* of wai, the hero is plunged into combat by the urging of his sweetheart. Enlisting with the United States Air Squadron he is transformed into a savage, rentless killer as the result of the grim struggle to survive the hazards of aerial warfare. On furlough in Paris he meets his sweetheart (Elizabeth Allan), now a war nurse, who is amazed by the startling change the war has wrought in his character. A gripping climax arises when, on his return to the front, he is wounded in combat.

In “ Six ot a Kind,” three of the screen’s famous comedy teams (Charles RuggJes and Mary Boland, W. C. Fields and Alison Skipworth, and George Burns and Gracie Allen) pit their wits in presenting a riot of laughter. % The story concerns a motor trip across the United States made by Ruggles (a bank clerk) and Mary Boland (his wife). To help to pay expenses the pair take with them George Burns and Gracie Allen (his lady friend) and her Great Dane dog. A fellow clerk in the bank steals fifty thousand dollars and suspicion, at once, falls on Ruggles, who through a change in travelling cases actually has the money in his possession, but is unconscious of the fact. Detectives and the actual thief follow the travellers and when the parties meet complications arise, in which W. C. Fields, as a sheriff, and Alison Skipworth figure to provide additional corned}'-.