STRAND

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 879, 24 January 1930, Page 15

STRAND

“WELCOME DANGER” Playing “dead Chinaman” is a lucrative position, at least so thinks Soo Hoo Sun, who worked for Harold Lloyd in his latest picture, “Welcome Danger,” at the Strand Theatre. Soo Hoo Sun is an old Chinaman and the cheques from Lloyd enable him to prepare for winter by laying in an ample supply of rice and dried fish. Incidentally, the original had a hard time playing “dead,” for Lloyd’s antics make even the Oriental laugh. “Welcome Danger” is the story of the son of a “rip-snorting’ ” Westernpolice officer, who prefers picking flowers to hunting criminals. But the day comes when he must match his wits with the most. wily in Chinatown, with the result of combined daring and comical situations. This is- the first time that Harold Lloyd has ever used a Chinatown locale for a feature comedy, a fact which exemplifies the comedian’s desire to give his public something different each time he appears on the silver screen with his lenseless hornrims. Lloyd averages about one production a year, but when he has finished his work of many months the world is usually hungering for a sight of him and his amazing, rib-bursting antics. “Welcome Danger” is strictly in the Lloyd manner, and it is Harold at his funnier-than-ever best. Excellent supporting talkies are being shown.