Show UP KIVER SAID TO BE REGULAR LAUGH RIOT coming at a time when genuinely hilarious comedies are at a premium up the river opens at the ides theater next saturday bearing the advance reputation ot being the funniest picture since the advent of the tallies talkies many unique features are said to characterize this production which is john fords first humorous directorial effort for fox Movie tone the story an original by maurine watkins author of that satiric triumph chicago revolves around the earnest et borts torts of two hard burglars to promote a romance that begins behind tie bars these lads hold the jail breaking championship of the country and they employ their peculiar talents with considerable sid erable frequency even to the extent of breaking out of one lall to get into another when the comforts of the first do not measure up to their standards meanwhile the romance staggers along helped over the bumps by the aforementioned volunteer cupida cupids who eventually manage to bring it to a satisfactory conclusion the outstanding feature 0 the offering and the one which has made it a sensation wherever it has played Is the manner in which the comedy Is sustained throughout the story with a few well scattered lapses into seriousness to heighten the effect the production Is said to be a continuous roar from start to finish |