TWO BRIGHT BOYS
(Universal) This might well be awarded the "Worst Title of the Year" prize. But take no notice of the labelthe picture itself is good. I have, hitherto, regarded the much-lauded acting ability of Freddie Bartholomew with some apathy, but in this show. he plays the part of an English boy remarkably well. As his father, Melville Cooper is equally good, and you should get plenty of laughs out of their adventures in an American oil town. These two innocents abroad become entangled with an unscrupulous oil king (Alan Dinehart) who is trying to acquire a farm under which lies a rich oil field. The owner of the farm, Rory O’Donnel (Jackie Cooper), will not consider selling his property and keeps all the negotiators away with a gun. Chosen by Hallet (the oil king) to be his emissaries, the luckless Messrs. Bartholomew and M. Cooper go to the farm, there to strike up a warm friendship with the O’Donnels. Father and son begin heartily to dislike the idea of being crooks, and make ineffectual attempts to get. away from the town. Hallet and his men do a lot of dirty work to stop Rory finding his own oil, but in the end the precious fluid comes gushing in, and the story ends among general jubilation, notwithstanding the fact that Melville Cooper has to go to gaol for forging a cheque. This he does with a cheery grin, and you, gentle picturegoer, need have no fear. that any soft-hearted Hollywood producer will leave him there for long.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 17, 20 October 1939, Page 34
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258TWO BRIGHT BOYS New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 17, 20 October 1939, Page 34
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