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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 852, 21 December 1929, Page 19

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“COHENS AND KELLYS IN ATLANTIC CITY” “The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City,” Universal’s latest picture revealing the adventures of the Cohen and Kelly families, and the first to be made as a talking picture, was launched last night at the Roxy Theatre on a sea of laughs. Mr. Cohen and Mr. Kelly are undoubtedly the greatest comedy team ever invented by a film studio, as their comic arguments, their family squabbles and all the other incidents that characterise them, seem to grow funnier with each celluloid edition. The talk-films seem to have been specially developed for this type of screen comedy. An unusually splendid cast appears, headed by George Sidney, Vera Gordon, Mack Swain and Kate Price. The romance is provided by Cornelius Keefe and Nora Lane, with Virginia , Sale and Tom Kennedy in vivid roles. The picture is superbly acted, the players having gotten every possible bit of humour out of their familiar characterisations. All register well on movietone, Sidney especially, reminding one of his former vogue as a stage comedian. x

Atlantic City, as the title suggests, is the locale. Cohen and Kelly, who are in the bathing suit business, have a line that was modern when Queen Victoria was alive. Their children send them off on a trip while they bring the bathing suit styles down to date and even a few years ahead. A bathing beauty parade is one of the big features.

Several most entertaining short ta.lkie items are also presented. They include two Pathe sound gazettes, a sound cartoon and an all-talking comedy.