CIVIC
“THE CUCKOOS” COMING Only a few more days remain of the Auckland season of “Ladies Love .Brutes,” the interesting: society drama starring George Bancroft, which is now at tho Civic Theatre, accompanied by a splendid musical programme. “The Cuckoos,” a spectacular musical comedy produced by Radio .Pictures, will have its initial performance at the Civic Theatre shortly. Two comedians, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. head the all-star cast. They will bo remembered for their clever antics in “Rio Rita.” Dorothy Lee, who also played in “Rio Rita,” again is teamed with Wheeler and Woolsey, and scores with her inimitable singing and dancing. Jobyna Tlowland, six-foot comedienne from Broadway, makes her talking picture debut in “The Cuckoos.” She is said to be a ludicrously funny foil for Wheeler and Woolsey. June Clyde and Hugh Trevor furnish the romantic love interest in a charming manner. Although nine featured players are included in the cast, “The Cuckoos” is not a revue. Taken from the stage play, “The Ramblers,” the picture definitely carries the plot of an exciting story in a hilarious manner. Comedy predominates over the musical and dancing episodes, comedy, although comedy and music hold full sway through the production. The show is a distinct departure from* the conventional, offering a well-knit story which serves as a background for the antics of the maddest pair of comics, Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, who won picture fame in “Rio Rita.”
Romance has not been neglected, and a tender love strain is carried by June Clyde and Hugh Trevor. Filmed partly in technicolour, offering ten lilting hit songs, numbering more than a thousand in its cast and containing the liveliest set of chorus presentations ever brought to the screen, “The Cuckoos” is said to have everything that makes for perfect screen entertainment.
Judging by its record-breaking reception in other cities, “The Cuckoos" is expected to attract capacity audiences during its showing here.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1060, 26 August 1930, Page 15
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319CIVIC Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1060, 26 August 1930, Page 15
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