"THE COCK EYED WORLD," LAST SCREENING TO-NIGHT.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Volume 59, Issue 48, 28 March 1930, Page 2

"THE COCK EYED WORLD," LAST SCREENING TO-NIGHT.

The season closes to-night at the Gaiety for this sensational production that has attracted big business for the past week. This old cock eyed world : full o' aches, quakes, shakes— and "makes." The love and battle affairs of two leatherneck Don Juans. See the mai-ines kiss and clout in any laixguage; Sweet sighing sirens, mighty marines mauling^ wisecrack cannonading. Torrid tropics, rumhling Russia, snappy Coney Island ... captured by Flagg and Quirt of the marines . They love to fight and figlxt to love . . , anytime — anywhere! The talking screen' s prize wisecracking pair: Flagg apd Quirt !. The "Cock Eyed. World" is an entertaining beauty. Raoul Walsh's most recent directox-ial effort, "The Cock Eyed World," an all talliing Fox Movietone picture, offers first rate entertainmejxt with spgcial vocal and instrumental specialties. This picture emphasises Walsh's versatility. In fact, we helieve it to he one of the season' s outsanding productions. Its lceynote ia the continual 'pattle hetween Flagg and Quii't of "What Px-ice Glory" fame. Their- love affairs provoke a series of laughs, ixi fact, some of the situations were so amusing that the audience howled. Tliere is a consistent balance of pathos and wgll sustained tensely human situatipn. We advise you to see it for it is one entertaining production one should not nxiss, Laurence StallingB and Maxwell Anderson, who co-authored "What Ppice Gloi'y," are responsihle for this pifitnre. Billy K. Wells scored a triunxph with the dialogue he wrote. And of course our old friends Vic McBaglen and Ed Lowe are Flagg and Quirt respectively. We enjoyed" them more in this production that we did in "Glory" because we hear everything that this colpurful pair of "leatliernecks" say .about each

other, and just leave it to a-pair ot hard-boiled marines . to wisecrack. Sparkling Lily Damita is the chariner who intx'igues them in the tropics ; Lelia Karnelly make& life sweet for them in Russia ; and Jean Bax'y has the hoys fighting over her in Coney Island. We repeat, "The- Cock Eyed World" is one picture you must see, In addition to the big feature plenty of all the latest sound topicals ax-8 ineluded, many celebreties giving voice and sound in general items of great interest. Booldng oan he liad at tho Gaiety or hy telephone 3809. "BROADWAY SCANDALS," AT . GAIETY DE LUXE. Chmbining the glitter and splendour of 'a musical revue, with snappy hits and a good love story * "Broadway Scandals," the Columbia all-talking, singing, dancing musical; conjedy sensation, which opens to-m'orrow (Saturday) at the Gaiety de Ruxe,. commencing at the grand matinee, is eptertainment of the best sprt. It has pretty girls, gorgeous costumes, snappy dance numbers, plus a love story that ie beautiful and tender. Laughs greet practically every line of the clever dialogue; the plot is neatly constril'ct'ed and everybody leaves the theatre humming or whistling the song hit of the eyening, "What Is Life , Without Love." The production is scintillating with popular;nielodies that are sure to be heard everywhere for nxany month s to come/ The story concerns 'the ro* mance hetween Ted Howard, hoofer, and Mary, a chorus girl. When their

— - ! ~ j s'how goes hroke the "entire company is stranded in a tank town. Ted uses his own hard-earned money to send-the chorus back to New York. Maiy ux-ges Ted to join her in a teani act. They go to New York. . Ted meets Valeska, a musical comedy queen, who _ falls for lxiin. She urges him to quit his act and become her leading man. He refuses because the offer does not include Mary. When Mary learns what Ted has done, she decides to break up their team and thus. force him to accept the wonderful opportunity now within his grasp. Mary gives Ted the impression that her action is prompted Tby her own selfish ambitions. Their parting is not vei"y sweet.- Ted gets ahead with Valeska, who has taken complete possession of him. Mary and Ted are thrown together again when Marv joins the chorus of the show. Valeska causes further misunderstJnding betweexx Ted axid Mary. When Valeska has Mary removed from the show because the latter scores a personal hit, Ted learns the.tr.ue state ofaffairs. Ted. leaves the show and joins up with Max-y again in their old vaudeville act. "Broadway Seandals" ranks among the best of the backstage dramas. - The photography is excellent, and tlxe recording of voices, songs, daixcing and sounds is. adxnivable. Jack Egan lxas the personality to. put over a song. You will enjoy lxim and Sally O'Neil, who gives a sparkling performance. A splendid' collection of ajl-talking-singing "short"_ subje'cts, ' mcluding topicals, vaudeville acts, musical noveity and comedy completes one of the grandest entertainments -plaeed before tlxe Napier puhlic for many past months. The fiox plans are on view at the theatre. Reservations -can also be ohtained by ringing 'phone 3809.