"LADY FOR A DAY."

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1934, Page 8

"LADY FOR A DAY."

MAY ROBSON AT ST. JAMES'. What promises to go on record as one of the finest performances in the era of talkies is given by May Robson in "Lady For a Day," which will grace the screen of the St. James' Theatre for a season commencing to-morrow. She is cast as a lovable old sinner, "Apple Annie," a fruit peddler of Times Square, New York, who has been in the habit of sending letters to her daughter Louise on the stationery of an exclusive hotel. Through the assistance of a bellboy she receives mail addressed to her under the assumed name of Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Day after day Annie goes about her business of selling appies. Her best customer is "Dave the Dude," a big gambler who believes that he must buy an apple from Annie before he can win any wager. Soon after the picture begins Annie receives a letter from lier_ daughter announcing that she is returning to her native land, accompanied by a young Spaniard, to whom she is engaged, and his father, Count Romero. Annie decides she must pose as a grande dame. "Dave the Dude," acted by Warren William, comes to the assistance of Annie. He has money, and it is only a question of a few hours before he has a mansion which Annie can claim as her own while Louise is in New York. The apple vendor undergoes a startling transformation at the hands of beauty specialists and dressmakers. It falls to a smooth-spoken "poo! shark," one of Dave's lieutenants, played by Guy Kibbee, to pose as Annie's husband, and there ensue many hilarious scenes. It is decided by Dave that the visiting Count and his son Carlos must meet Mrs. Manville's friends. The gangsters impersonate the throng of fake notables, and at this point the police think that Dave the Dude and his underlings must be up to some mischief. So they plan to raid the place. The fast pace of the film is sus- ! tained to the end, when an excellent I surprise takes place.

From Eastham Locks, in the River Mersey, nearly opposite Liverpool, to Manchester, the Manchester Ship Canal is 35J miles long. Its depth ie 28 feet, and its width at tho bottom 120 feet.