ENTERTAINMENTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 69, 3 January 1936, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

ST. JAMES THEATRE. e, SHE MARRIED HER BOSS.” fin a picture that is easily the best she made since the now immortal it Happened One Night,’ ’ Claudette Co - belt thoroughly entertained the audience, at the St. James last malit “She Married Her Boss, the star’s newest vehicle, gives her every opportunity to display the piquant charm that has so endeared her to the movie-going public. fihe film is, essence, a comedy, hut enough of the dramatic runs through # it to give it backbone. And Columbia has supplied it with a supporting cast that is full of genius. Headed by Melvyn Douglas and Michael Bartlett Miss Corbett s two leading men, “She Married Hei Boss” boasts also of the services of such sterling players as Raymond V album, Jean Dixon, Katherine Alexandei, Edith Fellows, a child star who is as delightful a brat as has come this way in many a moon, and Clara Kimball Young who comes out of retirement to do very well in a small part. fehe Married Her Boss” will be shown finally to Alight. MAJESTIC THEATRE. “Dr. Socrates,” starring Paul Mum and Ann Dvorak, will be shown finally at the Majestic Theatre to-mght. lhe picture is far more than nielodiama; The exciting episodes lot m the , ground for a remarkable cha acte l study and a most unusual romance. “Drf Socrates” is the colourful story of a famous surgeon whose nerve has been broken through the loss of his fiancee who dies from an operation he himself has performed. He buries himself in a small town, a failure with all hope lost, not even caring to live. His redemption comes through the love of an innocent young girl, whom he rescues from the bandit gang that lias kidnapped her. Muni throws housed into his characterisation of the bioke physician with all the utter abandon of "self that has made him one of the screen’s greatest actors.