Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1931-02-25

Auil lrAtSL1A CuiA4C0tNcf a SIA4OUN 4DNE
story underlies the matchmaking
In Reducing" 1t concerns Anita
Page and william Blackwell. Sally
Eilers and william Buster Col
Ter. Jr. These four personable
Young people do their work de-
lightfully and act as splendid foils
FOR the two condolences.
Lucien Littiefield as Elmer. mall
carrier husband Of Marie. gives his
usual excellent performance.
QUEEN
II is characteristic Of the human
race to want 10 laugh. and. with
even the slightest provocation of a
real comical situation. men and
women will toss convention and re-
serve aside and give way TO an I'M
restrained feeling of Joy and mirth
Such is the unanimous opinion Of
Harry Langdon. Slim Summerville
and Bessie Love. the trio featured
liz the Universal feature-length
comedy-satire See America Thirst
which opened at the Queen Theater
today.
In plain English" explained
Summerville. people like good COM
edy regardless Of the form IN which
1t Is presented to them"
True enough. but few people
however. have eve stopped TO ana
I'VE the source Of A good laugh
fortunately And yet there IS a
psychological reason for every smile
laugh. grin. "side-splitter." guffaw
chuckle or any other Joyful emotion.
II is true that each comedian has
his oTn special manner OF working
ana has at least one particular
characteristic on which he must de-
penc.
Maintaining a serious and inno-
cent front under all circumstances
may be termed the most important
thing on which ] rely together with
actir.g Just the opposite Of what IS
expected Of me- explained Lang
don. In See America Thirst I
have tried TO portray the innocent
slow thinking tramp who is sur
prised al every event which occurs
and reacts accordingly. This pic
ture Is an ideal one for such a type
OF acting as there are a multitude
Of unusual situations.
"Of course. a comedians major
dependence Is facial emotional ex-
p~resSions.
The serious comedian must
never laugh unless II Is a derisive
echo Of some other persons laugh
or unless he laughs at the wrong
time
George Slim Summerville is of
the opinion that the underlying mo
tive for some Of the best comedy is
the mistaken identity impulse III
which many persons are %innocently
involved IN events with at least
one person being seriously mis-
taken.
In See America Thirst a. i'll
many other comedies in which !
have played. II is the confusing ar
personalities which puts the decid-
ing punch In the story" said sum
meryile- For instance, in this pic
ture. Harry and I appear As two
tramps. who are suddenly thrust In
TO tha realm OF a gang Of rum run
ners and mistaken for two expert
gunner who have been hired to
bump off a rival pangster. All of
the nsolved proceedings which fol-
low are naturally hilarious because
Of this mistaken identity"
Miss Love. as a Coincidence. must
depend on an entirely different
method OF attack. She does not re-
sort to any kinds az 'slapstick'
tricks or obvious broad come@r.
IA good portion or my comedy
must be done in mimicrv. gesture
and pantomime. Miss Love ex-
planned On the stage I discov-
cred that a roll Of the eyes. a flip
pant wave OF the hand or n facial
imitation when properly executed
will bring about the same reaction
from an audience as aiming a pie
al a cook and hitting a man in
a full-dreSS suit with it,