“PICCADILLY”
TIVOLI’S FINE “SILENT” Mr. Arnold Bennett has done a sensible thing about British films. He has made a kind of extract of all their faults and written a good film story from the old ingredients. “Piccadilly” as the result is called, is a British International picture, to be shown at the Tivoli Theatre this evening.
It is a simple melodrama about a night club proprietor, his leading dancer (and, incidentally, mistress), and the Chinese scullery maid, who supersedes her. E. A. Dupont, who has directed the film for British International, well knows how to strike the eye. With Mr. Jameson
Thomas, Dupont has been extremely successful, but it is the Chinese scullery maid, the languishing Anna May Wong, who carries off the honours, together "with her compatriot, King HoChang. A minor reason for the film being entertaining is the frequent by-play of minor personages in the background, particularly a “foreign visitor” (played by Charles Laughton), who has a row about his dirty plate, and is obviously intended as a caricature in appearance of Mr. Arnold Bennett himself. The supporting programme, which includes a gazette, comedy, and a “Wild Western,” by Hoot Gibson, completes an enjoyable programme.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 754, 29 August 1929, Page 14
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