PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 96, 14 July 1927, Page 16

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

“THE POTTERS” TO-NIGHT Poor old Pa Potter, door-mat of the entire Potter tribe, is in the movies, and more people are laughing at him now than ever giggled at his misadventures in print. “The Potters,” arriving at the Princess and Tivoli Theatres to-night, with W. C. Fields starred as Pa, concerns itself with the episode in which Pa becomes interested in an oil deal. If you’ve never read J. P. McEvoy’s comic strip or seen his play, it might be wise to say that “The Potters” are a family

W. C. FIELDS, as Pa Potter in “The Potters,” now being screened at the Princess and Tivoli Theatres.

of average, human, every-day Americans. Pa is honest, blundering and ambitious. Ma loves her husband, but continually argues with him. Mamie is 18 and a flapper. Bill has reached an age where he can sport a cute little moustache. The film opens as Pa decides to plunge into a sure-fire oil deal. He takes all the mortgage money and exchanges it for a couple of gilt-edge bonds. Mamie gets wind of it, but to curb her tongue. Pa gives her one as a birthday gift. Then, Ma becomes suspicious, Pa sells his stock, pockets a small profit and—oil actually starts flowing. What happens? Nothing but laugh-provoking scenes follow on each other’s heels. Ivy Harris and Mary Alden are featured in Mr. Field’s support. Fred Newmeyer directed for Paramount.