PRINCESS

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 203, 16 November 1927, Page 14

PRINCESS

“LOST AT THE FRONT” The comic side of the World War, as it appears in many recent war mirthpieces, reaches its hilarious climax in John McCormick’s production, “Lost at the Front,” which costars George Sidney and Charlie Murray under the First National Pictures’ banner. “Lost at the Front,” which was produced by Frank Griffin, is to be the attraction at the Princess Theatre tonight. It is an entirely new type of "World "War comedy, and it deals with a new locale: The Russo-German front. Among its unusual features is the appearance of the famous Russian women soldiery, the “Battalions of Death,” which figures in some of the most funprovoking scenes. Del Lord, ace of the two-reel comedy directors, megaphones the picture, and Natalie Kingston, Wampas Babj* Star

for 1927, appears as leading lady in a most interesting role, that of Olga, a Russian sculptress in one of New York’s downtown artist’s studios. Among other interesting personalities in the cast are John Kolb and Max Asher. “Lost at the Front” is a riot of hilarious comedy of eve’-v kind from slapstick to comedy-dr throughout all its rapid sequences. Its great mirthmasters, George Sidney and Charlie Murray, with Director Del Lord, who won a diamond-studded belt as the greatest comedy director, were assisted throughout by two famous comedy constructors, Gene Towne and Clarence Hennecke.

The result is the fun masterpiece of the year.