PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 402, 10 July 1928, Page 14

PRINCESS AND TIVOLI

“COHENS AND KELLYS IN PARIS” A comedy of delightful satire, and merry situations, is “The Cohens and Kellys in Paris,” which is now being shown at the Princess and Tivoli Theatres. Touching pathos turns into wild hilarity in this surprising picture, which is a sequel to “The Cohens and Kellys,” a picture that made the world laugh and call for more, until the producer was compelled to make a bigger, better and funnier screen drama dealing with the laugh-renowned Irish and Jewish families. It starts out with deep human interest and a lot of fun. Suspense grows up to the end. Many surprising turns of events occur that are led up to with skill and facility. The acting is just what one would expect of the superb cast, which includes three members of the original “Cohen-Kelly” cast. These are: George Sidney, as Mr. Cohen; Kate Price, who created the role of Mrs. Kelly and who makes the best of a rich opportunity; Vera Gordon, who made the role of Mrs. Cohen and portrays the character again with mirthful success. J. Farrell MacDonald is co-featured with George Sidney. His work in the role of Kelly will live long and be associated with ribs that ache from laughing. Gertrude Astor is the dizzy French vamp who lures the younger Kelly from the straight and narrow path of being a dull husband for the sprightly Miss Cohen, played by Sue Carol. Charles Delaney, as Kelly, Jnr., gets the two families into a fluster when he falls in love with the Cohen girl. The Cohens and Kellys board the same boat for Paris to break up the match and from that time on the audience is kept in a constant state of laughter. Laughter and sadness are exquisitely mixed in the second picture on the programe, a British production entitled “Confetti” and starring Jack Buchanan and Sydney Fairbrother. “Confetti” is an imaginative and picturesque story of the love of a middle-aged Count for a youthful belle. In the gaiety of carnival time the girl imagines she is in love, but she realises in time that it is not the Count but his wealth that dazzles her.