A LOVABLE STAR.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20649, 25 June 1935, Page 14

A LOVABLE STAR.

Shirley Temple Featured in “ Brighteyes.” Lovable Shirley Temple is starred in “ Brighteyes,the entertaining comedydrama which is now well’into the second week of its successful season at the State Theatre. An attractive child is one thing and a good actress is another, but young Shirley is both. Many a grown-up could take points from the spontaneous manner in which she works. There are tears here and there. But they are happy tears and all the way through comedy bubbles. Shirlev is the daughter of an aviator who was killed in a smash-up, and is the idol of her father’s aviator friends. Her special chum is James Dunn, whose performance as the adoring godfather leaves nothing to be desired, and he gives a particularly happy interpretation in the sequences where he and the child ‘ play together.” Humanitv is the keynote of the picture and the scenes are arranged with taste and skill. Apart from the amusing contributions of the small Shirley herself, a great deal of the humour is supplied by Uncle Ned. a cross, livery old man, who never stirs from his wheel chair and who gives his objectionable relations a lively time. Uncle Ned has a lot of money and the relations are well on their way to receiving a good share. Then Uncle Ned’s sharp old eyes alight upon Shirley, and he has the time of his life acting as her champion. The supporting programme is good.