PRINCESS
“SPECIAL DELIVERY” It is laugh week at the Princess i Theatre, and the management makes I no mis-statement when it says that. , If you have never heard of a postman ' who went for a walk for exercise, and I a walking tour for a holiday, see Eddie Cantor in his latest and funniest picture to date, •“Special Delivery. • From- the first scene to the last this inimitable comedian delivers not onlyletters, but laughs by the bag. Beautiful and versatile Jobyna Ralston supports Eddie, and gives a distinctive performance. Others in the cast are William Powell and Donald Keith. The story is of a postman who mixes the mails, with surprising results. As a postal clerk he is a misfit, but he tries the postman’s line, and, despite a few blunders, he is happy. He loves a girl, but as three others love the same girl one can imagine rightly ; that complications set in from the I start. One especially- clever scene is j £he mailmen’s dance, where Eddie, because someone drops a piece of ice down his neck, wins a prize. There are many more interesting scenes, all of which are brimful of laughs. Since Eddie Cantor was featured in “Kid Boots,” his fame as a comedian will be well known, and this picture should attract because he is even funnier than then. A powerful drama is found in “Framed,” the second feature on the programme. Milton Sills play-s the chief role in this, and gives a masterly impersonation. It is a drama with tropical settings. Drummed out of the French Army for offences of which he was innocent, Etienne Hilaire renounces his country, and goes to the mines in South Africa. He strikes misfortune with a girl before he goes and renounces women, too, but he little knows what fate has in store for him. Natalie Kingston plays opposite Milton Sills, and is responsible for a clever enactment of a difficult role. There is plenty to interest in this drama, and it can be thoroughly enjoy Ted. A good supporting programme of topical pictures is also screened. '
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 181, 21 October 1927, Page 14
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349PRINCESS Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 181, 21 October 1927, Page 14
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