COMEDY AND DRAMA.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20539, 14 February 1935, Page 3

COMEDY AND DRAMA.

“ Sing and Like It ” and “ Keep ’Em Rolling.” “ His Greatest Gamble ” and “ Vanity Street ” will be screened finally to-mor-row night at the Liberty Theatre. “ Sing and Like It.” a hilarious comedy starring Zasu Pitts and Edward Everett Horton, and “ Keep ’Em Rolling,” a drama in which the leading roles are taken by Frances Dee and Walter Huston, will comprise the fine new double-feature programme at the Liberty Theatre on Saturday. “ Sing and Like It ” is one of the funniest comedies to come out of Hollywood, for in it the woeful Zasu Pitts is seen as a would-be prima donna. She is supported by such able players as Edward Everett Horton, the laconic Ned Sparks, Nat Pendleton and Pert Kelton. The plot concerns the efforts of the “ Kidnapping King ” of gangsterland to boost to stardom Zasu Pitts, who has touched his heart with her singing of a plaintive “ mother ” song. The film is good fun all the way and the principals make the most of the many opportunities for uproarious comedy the plot affords.

How a horse conquers a soldier’s rebellious spirit is shown in “ Keep ’Em Rolling,” an adaptation of the “ Saturday Evening Post ” story, “ Rodney,” by Leonard Nason. Walter Huston and Frances Dee are the featured players, and others in the cast are Minna Gombell, Frank Conroy, Robert Shayne, Ralph Remlev and G. Pat Collins. “ Keep ’Em Rolling ” reveals intimate glimpses of a soldier’s life, and authenticity is given to the picture by reason of the fact that most of it was made at Fort Myer, Virginia, the home of the 3rd Cavalry and 16th Field Artillery, whose officers and men took part in the production. “ Keep ’Em Rolling ” is said to contain more drama, comedy, romance and pathos than the original story. Box plans at the D.I.C.