Old Films Good Fun

Fit and run humour has little appeal in these avant-garde times.

Yet reappearances of old hits should not be missed if you want a good belly-laugh, for most will remind audiences how to laugh.

Wellington recently saw two Marx brothers' classics—Night at the Opera and Night in Casablanca—which were a successful blend of cute repartee and a-helluva-good-fun.

Casablanca was the scene of many tear-sodden guffaws neatly interspersed with Groucho's unending wisecracks. Included in the programme was the classic humour of Oliver and Hardy's Beau Hunks—not good enough to stand on its own but an excellent complement to Casablanca.

In all, a good night at the horse opera.—Spec. Corres.