STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 876, 21 January 1930, Page 15

STRAND

“WELCOME DANGER” Harold Lloyd, who is recognised all over the world as a past master at putting thrills on the screen, outdoes himself in his first all-talking picture. “Welcome Hanger,” which is daily raising laughter at the Strand Theatre. . Underground Chinatown in San Francisco provides the setting for the “gags” which are guaranteed to send chills racing through the blood of even the most anaemic picture fan. When "Welcome Danger” was first previewed as a 100 per cent, sound and dialogue picture, in a small town outside of Los Angeles, the audience virtually yelled its response to the thrilling action. Hot since Lloyd's memorable climb up the face of a 12-storey building in “Safety Last” has an audience visibly reacted to one of his pictures as it did to the preview of “Welcome Danger.” It'S a different kind of a thrill one gets in the first Lloyd all-talkie, however. The circulatory system increases its speed every time Lloyd moves in the underground Chinatown scenes, and the heart responds frequently to the number of classic romance scenes between the bespectacled comedian and his new leading lady, Barbara Kent, in other portions of the picture. Lloyd has a habit of making bis gags appear plausible, and in r cleomn Danger” he has Ills audience fighting with him through every foot of the smashing finish, so sincere is the action and setting. A fine programme of talking supports is also being presented.