PLAZA THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 33, Issue 187, 4 May 1940, Page 16

PLAZA THEATRE

The Ritz Brothers, not quite so crazy a s usual, but still crazy enough, provide most of the fun and action in “Pack Up Your Troubles,” which is now screening at the Plaza Theatre. But it is still Jane Withers’s picture, for this young leading lady sings and acts as effectively as ever.

The Ritz Brothers are eaught short when America enters the first Great War in 1917 with a “German act,” which becomes just so much old stock overnight. Lured by promises of 30' dollars a month and free board in the army, the trio enlists, joining the cavalry, because “horses is out-of-date,” and in consequence will not be sent overseas. This, as it happens, is true of real horses, but not of the mules which are left: to the none-too-ten-der care of the rookies. Over in France, a tough sergeant makes life more unbearable for the trio than ever—-quite unbearable, in fact, if it were not for the kind-hoartediness of little Collette (Jane Withers). 'Still determined to put on their “German act,” the crazy three dress u:p in German uniform for the regimental concert, but they scarcely get out of their billets before they are mistaken for real Germans and fired upon by every 'Allied' soldier in sight. After a stupendous escape in an observation balloon, the unintentional "Germans” find that they are in for another bout of mistaken identity, though this time it serves their end very neatly. Jane and her three Americans come through the terrific bombardment quite unscathed, only to take on a still more terrible battle with the sergeant.