TO-MORROW NIGHT.
"CANARIES SOMETIMES SING." Uproariously funny is the only way to describe "Canaries Sometimes Sing," the latest comedy morsel from the acidulous pen of Mr. Frederick Lonsdale. This 'talkie does not rely old low-brow, thick-ear comedy, ut on the stuccoed pattern of its brilliant dialogue, irony of situation, and its counter play of character. Character Plays an important part in the development of the delicious comedy on which "Canaries Sometimes Sing" makes its appeal, and has patterned prospect of the designingly devilish Tom Walls scheming to iinload his "high-minded" wife on his old friend — "Eton and Oxford" — while he himself, has his heart set on his old
friend s young wife, there is comedy prospect as delicious as it is devastating. Frederick Lonsdale's development of this provocative pattern is Lonsdalian in the truest sense, with its acidulous phrasing and incisive comment. The famous British playwright has gauged his people to a nicety, and although his analysis is devastating, it is delightful. Much, of course, considering its sophisticated nature, depends on the direction, and it can be said imme-
diately that Tom Walls' work in this line polishes up this comedy gem till it shines in every foot.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 39, 8 October 1931, Page 4
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