NEW REGENT
“WHY BRING THAT UP?” Some idea of the entertainment to be presented in the all talking film “Why Bring That Up,” by the Two Black Crows at the New Regent Theatre tonight, may be gained from this review by a prominent Hollywood film paper. “Moran and Mack, the famous ‘Two Black Crows,’ scored a signal triumph in ‘Why Bring That Up?’, when they fluttered on the silver sheet for the first time at the West Coast’s West Lake Theatre last Monday night before a packed and highly enthusiastic house. This duo of Ethiopian monarchs dovetail nicely into a well built vehicle that not only furnishes them with ample scope for their famous banter, but also gives them opportunity to pull off some straight stuff.
“The finale, where Moran at the hospital—brings back the injured Mack to consciousness by tearfully sobbing a line or two of their popular ‘the early bird,’ is one of the most heart-gripping scenes ever depicted in motion pictures. The plot brings the two comedians into an early stage partnership. Their manager, Irving, Harry Green, soon has them in easy land, with five-figure-bank deposits. Just as they are about to build their own theatre, Moran falls for a scheming chorine, Betty Ray (Evelyn Brent). “The gudgeon hangs plenty of ice on his lady love, to his ruination.
“Then, when Mack intervenes and spikes Betty’s scheme, in steps her man, who crowns him with a heavy vase. This brings Moran to his better self, and the two are soon reconciled at the hospital.
“The picture is replete with the funsters’ patter, which keeps the audience in explosive bursts of laughter. “Harry Green proves an inexhaustible fountain of Yiddish humour, his unctious work, however, never lapsing into caricature. He is movieland’s best Jewish comedian. Evelyn Brent’s Betty Ray is a consummate bit of •gold-digging’ guile— a gem in its way and about stamps her the ‘big hit’ of the talkies.
“Director Abbott has about swung one of the best films of the present season. Photography excellent in every detail.”
Excellent supporting items will also be shown this evening.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 856, 27 December 1929, Page 15
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351NEW REGENT Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 856, 27 December 1929, Page 15
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