PLAZA THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 19, 17 October 1942, Page 10

PLAZA THEATRE

Probing into the past can be an unprofitable and dangerous business, as statesmen, .play producers and fortunetellers have sometimes discovered. But. once in a while the old hat can bring forth something really bouncing in the way of rabbits. Such u lueky production is ’"Twin Beds,” wihch continues on its happy way at the Plaza. In fact, one's mind’ must go back many years to recall hearing such hectic laughter as that which has shaken the theatre iu the past week.

“Twin Beds,” like the useful pieces of furniture which give the film its name, is no new innovation. It was a play before it was a picture, and our mothers and fathers laughed heartily at it round about the time of the last great conflict. There are the usual number of complications with twin Ibeds, a honeymoon couple and a few odd friends lumped willy-nilly in the most compromising circumstances. Joan Bennett, who has improved out of sight in recent months, plays the lead, with George Brent as the sorely-puzzled husband. iMiscba Auer, tallest comedian on the screen, provides many laughs, especially when he appears in a ludicrous short shirt and a topper. Una Merkel, whose hair has miraculously changed from light to dark, is as funny as ever, and Ernest Truex keeps the pot boiling, 100.

Edward Small, maker of many serious productions, is to he congratulated on a changeover to comedy. So long as the war and Its attendant worries are present he can give us many more shows in the vein of “Twin Beds.”