PRINCESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 146, 10 September 1927, Page 14

PRINCESS

“THE KID BROTHER” In “The Kid Brother,” Harold Lloyd seems to have hit the comedy bell another resounding blow. At least, if applause may be taken as a criterion, the audience at the Princess Theatre last night heartily registered its approval. Lloyd’s Jatest Paramount release keeps up to Harold’s high standard by presenting a "different” dramatic story, and then treating it in an original manner. Gags, such as the never-to-be-forgotten Crescent Laundry sequence in “For Heaven’s Sake,” keep popping up at unexpected intervals, and through it all Lloyd leaves a trail of laughs behind him whenever he appears. In brief, “The Kid Brother” tells the tale of the youngest son of a family of strong men who control a tiny mountain town. A medicine show arrives, and Harold, wearing the sheriff’s badge, gives them a licence. Father hears of this, and there’s—well, Harold has a terrible time righting things w hen the show’s tent s on fire and a large sum of money is stolen. But all turns ’out for the best, as in a thrilling fight aboard an abandoned ship Harold proves himself a hero and worthy of being called something other than a “Kid Brother.”

Comedy is the essential thing in film entertainment—this fact is admitted by most producers. First National is living up to the theory with such highgrade laugh-getters as “See You in Jail,” which is the second feature on the programme at the Princess Theatre, Jack Mulhall being featured. Ray Rockett produced the film and Joseph Henabery held the megaphone.