“FOR VALOUR"

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 58, 10 March 1938, Page 3

“FOR VALOUR"

TOM WALLS AND RALPH LYNN. One of the most brilliant comedy trios ever united on the screen, is once more laughed on a great new laughter campaign, and the result is a film which promises to be the comedy sensation of the year at the Majestic next Wednesday. It is “For Valour” —a Capitol Film production, co-star-ring Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn, and which has been adapted from an original story by that prince of comedy authors, Ben Travers. Directed by Tom Walls, it is the most ambitious picture ever undertaken by this great trio, providing them with unique opportunities. The famous comedy co-stars both appear in dual roles. Tom Walls, minus his moustache, appears as a private in the Boer War, and a convict adorned with a perfect cauliflower ear. Ralph Lynn will be seen for the first time without his monocle, as a Major in the British Army, and later as a senile, doddering old man ,and, of course, both stars contrive to appear as themselves. These facts alone are a sufficient guarantee of the film’s entertainment value, but, in addition, the Ben Travers’ story is unlike anything this inimitable pair have ever essayed. Major Pyke, wishing to reward suitably a private in his battalion for saving his life, is distressed to discover the man is an escaped convict, and when, years afterwards, he sees him in prison, offers to bring up the crook's son with his own grandson. | who, it is hoped, will prove an influence for the good. In this he proves sadly mistaken. The action calls for a great variety of settings, varying from a Boer War to a milk bar, with Tom Walls and Ralph Lynn performing the greatest confidence trick of the century. Doctors prescribe laughter as essential to your diet—we prescribe “For Valour” as the greatest laughter cure ever to come to the screen. Veronica Rose and Joan Marion supply feminine interest. The supporting programme is brightly varied, including a Pathe Pictorial, a travelogue of Shanghai, Air Mail News and other items.