Pleasant Grove Review | 1941-02-07 | Page 8 | Benny and Allen Give Battle in Comedy Picture

Benny and Allen Give Battle In Comedy Picture Well, here it is at last! The picture pic-ture you've been waiting for the battle bat-tle of the century between the feuding radio comedians, Jack Ben-ney Ben-ney and Fred Allen! Paramount captured them on film in a furious, fast and funny musical farce titled "Love Thy Neighbor," which plays Sunday and Monday, February 9 and 10 at the Cameo Theatre. Between Be-tween the gags that keep the audience aud-ience in hysterics there are songs you'll sing again and again and dances that are beautiful to watch. And there's Mary Martin, that charming and talented ' Broadway musical -comedy star. She sings the song that she made famous and that made her famous in turn, "My Heart Belongs To Daddy," as only Mary can sing it. It's the finale to a swell picture in which she's accompanied ac-companied by the cast and the Merriel Abbott dancers. And does she put it over with a bang! And while we're speaking of songs it might as well be told here that there are three other numbers that are equally as colorful. They are "Do You Know Why," "Isnt .nat Just Like Love" and "Dearest, Darest I." The Merry Macs, that famous radio quartette, also carry off honors in several numbers. Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Jack's raspberry voiced valet on the air, is in the picture in all his glory. His girl friend is Theresa Harris and they make a swell team. Benny hires ,the Merry Macs away from Allen to star in his new show. Mary joins the show under an assumed name. Fred goes to Miami for a rest and .Jack decides to open his show there. They meet again and are thrown in jail for another brawl. Peace almost comes to the two after a motorboat accident acci-dent in which both are knocked unconscious. un-conscious. Mary makes Fred believe that Jack saved his life. , They have dinner together, at Fred's apartment and Rochester, whom Fred has lured away from Benny, appears. And the feud starts all over again. o '