Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-05-30 | Page 22 | Syd Chaplin in Big Hit at Orpheum Today

Syd Syd Chaplin In III Big Hit at Orpheum Today Charleys Chanteys Aunt and The Man Manou Manoil Manou ou oil the Box established Chaplin Syd Sd Chap Chap- lin In la the front rank of ot screen stars Even Brother Charlie probably probably probably ably never caused more actual laughter in any two pictures than Brother Syd did In those first two And pow now ow Syd has gone and done himself one better la In his latest picture Oh What a Nurse which opens today at the Or- Or Orpheum rheum Or-rheum theatre for a run of o tour four days Here Is a comedy that al aI allows lows virtually no up let-up In the laughter i It t provokes It is fast furIous rollicking fun tun from the start to finish MUST BE FUNNY Written by Robert E Sherwood editor and motion picture critic ot of oLite Life Lite In collaboration with Bert Bert- Bertram Berti Bertram i ram am Block It faced the possibility of humiliating disaster unless It were ere actually very very funny tunny Sherwood as a critic has been merciless In his attacks upon other screen writers and n ad as the editor of Lire Life he had the comic magazines magazine's own reputation to up- up hold lold uphold up Oh What a Nurse simply had to be funny tunny And In the given by the Warner Bros It turns out to be Just about twice as funny tunny as as anyone anone had a alight alight tight light to expect It Is truly hilar hilarious ious sous Syd Chaplin appears as a news news- newspaper paper cows paper reporter who Is called upon to substitute tor for the woman who the Advice to the Lovelorn column and who writes a stereo stereo- stereo note In reply to a Question of of Love vs Money propounded ly Jy a romantic reader The ad- ad advice ad advice vice stirs a whirlwind of ot excite excite- excitement excitement excitement ment In 10 an Influential citizens citizen's home and Chaplin Is ordered by his editor to go to straighten things out His madly exciting fill till an hour or more of wild w exhilaration The comedy obviously has been heavily gagged I In the manner of ot lie hp ln old stick slap-stick shows the dif dU ference being that the Oh What n Nurse gags are aro new CLEVER GAGS Chuck the director Probably deserves a largo large ago share of the credit for tor or the clever cleer gagging Himself a gag Ilg man once with Charlie Chaplin he has proved to tobe tobe tobe be one of the most original laugh laugh- makers laugh makers the screen has known And Syd Well Chaplin Chaplin Well It if you Inte liked l him In his other pictures you ou will find he Is tully fully ully twice as funny In this one The Tho story logically gives him another chance to masquerade In women's clothes and K It anyone Is going to do that sort Bort of thing Syd Chap Chap- Chaplin Chaplin lin ha Is Is the man to do it lie Ile has the female masquerade a athing timing of unbridled joy Playing opposite him In fn the I Is the lovelY Patsy atsy Ruth I Miller who Is developing into one oneo of the most adroit and charming comediennes c of ot the screen