“TWIN BEDS”

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3278, 21 June 1943, Page 5

“TWIN BEDS”

UPROARIOUS COMEDY PROGRAMME AT REGENT; GAIETY, FUN AND HILARITY A slick comedy cast, headed by such luminaries as Joan Bennett, George Brent, Mischa Auer, Glenda Farrell, Ernest Truex and Una Merkel, is responsible for the gaiety, fun and hilarity which highlight the swiftmoving action of the new Edward’ Small production, “Twin Beds,” which will show at the Regent Theatre, Wednesday and Thursday. Based on the Broadway hit farce of the 1916-1917 theatrical season, “Twin Beds” was transferred to the screen under the directional baton of Tim Whelan, who previously directed “International Lady” for the small . studios. It tells a laugh-getting story of a young married couple, consisting of Miss Bennett and Mr Brent, who become involved in a whole series of crazy complications because the heroine goes about daffily doing good deeds where they always have the worst possible effect. Miss Bennett’s enthusiasm for good causes finally brings hex’ harrassed husband to the end of his rope and he ' skips town. When he returns, on a mission, of reconciliation, he is greeted by a surprise that is more than any man in his right mind is willing to accept. From there on the story gambols madly to a bright finish. One of the funniest sequences in “Twin Beds” got there accidentally* Brent, attired in robe and was supposedly having a ryrning quarrel with his screen wife, Miss Bennett. As he dashed around the end of their bed his foot caught in a bearskin rug and he landed heavily on his knees and one shoulder. The spill looked so funny as it was caught by the camera that Director Time Whelan ordered the take printed and rewrote the sequence to include it. “Twin Beds” also introduces to the screen the technique of “Cossack’s Kisses,” something entirely new in love-making as originated by the remarkable Mischa Auer. STILL SHOWING “MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER” “The Man Who Came To Dinner,” will show to-night and to-morrow at the Regent Theatre.