NEW REGENT
“THE CHEERFUL FRAUD” Reginald Denny will perform his thousand and one new antics in Universal’s “The Cheerful Fraud,” at the New Regent for the last time to-night. The story is the most hilarious in which the popular comedian has ever appeared. Its rapid movement is indicated by the fact that the passage of time from the opening to the closing scene is less than 24 hours. It all happens in an afternoon and evening, and every minute is provocative of new and louder laughs. Denny’s performance in “The Cheerful Fraud” adds more weight to the claims of his thousands of fans that he is the leading star of the screen at this type of comedy. He is surrounded by a small but carefully chosen cast of seasoned comedians and each one contributes an
essential part to the completed pattern of the story. Gertrude Olmstead plays the feminine lead. Otis Harlan as the new millionaire, Emily Fitzroy as his wife with feverish social ambitions, and Gertrude Astor and Charles Gerrard as the scheming crooks are all excellent.
The same deft directorial touch of William Seiter, found in Denny's last five pictures, is present to a great degree in “The Cherful Fraud.”
Bertini, the composer-violinist, will be fare welled to-night.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 138, 1 September 1927, Page 17
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210NEW REGENT Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 138, 1 September 1927, Page 17
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