QUEEN'S THEATRE.

Press, Volume LX, Issue 18013, 4 March 1924, Page 12

QUEEN'S THEATRE.

'YOU CAN~T FOOL YOUR WIFE."

BIG PARAMOUNT MASTERPIECE,

From the title of the big Paramount picture now showing at the Queen's Theatre, "You Can't Fool Your Wife," one would think that, it was a- comedy, whereas it is something very different. It is, in " ct > a aiMma of great merit, with a, plot Wat -rips and scenes that lascmate, while tlie us: leaves nothing to bo desired. In New Yok Garth Mcßrido was Known anion- his mends as ".bet a Million McirJrae " ar aon-cLation which aptly descnued his dealings 7n Wail street. A man wno wa 3 used to senilis what he went alter, he :uund himseil, one aav, in possession or the knowledge that his enemy, Kussell teuton had cteteinnr.ed ;o break him. lhen came a battle cl wits, with a result that i:'"=tc-ad ol Mcßride being crushed, aa was intended ij\- Feinon, it was the other wno •.wis sent to the wall. Flinging his pride t-j the wind?, he approached Mcßride to be" Ins assistance with a view to averting hiT rum, but was repulsed, whereupon he drew a revolver, with which he attempted to shoot Mcßride. Sentenced to imprisonment for his crime, lie contrived to escape tixm the car in which ho was being taken to serve his term, but, unfortunately for him, his liberty was of momentary duration, for the car from which he had just got clear ran over him and made him a cripplo for life. Mcßrido in the meantime had gone with his wife and a x of pleasure-seekers to the Miami beach, Florida, and, tho holiday spirit taking hold of him, he foolishly neglected his wife and became involved in a flirtation with a handsome woman, who was none other than the wife of Dr. Konrad Laneck, a distinguished medical man, to whom, etrange to say, Fenton had been brought for treatment. Despite warning from his wife, as to tlie folly of his behaviour, Mcßrido persisted in his attentions, which were harmless enough, although a different int-cjpre-tation was put on them by others, and, at last, determined to teach him a lesson, his wife, went back to Kew York, leaving the pair to make the best of the position in which they had placed themselves. MoBride, realising that lie had asked unwisely, followed his wife, only to find that she had gone back to nursing. A carefully-worked-out plot by Fenton resulted in Mcßride being brought unconscious into the rooms cf Dr. Laneck, who, when he learned the identity of his patient, resolved to give him an overdose of an aniesthetic. By a coincidence, Mcßride's wife came to nurse the patient, and when Ehe discovered who ho was a dramatic scene ensued.

But it would not he fair to tell any more of the story. Suffice it to say that- the interest is maintained to the end. Ther<s are some spectacular scenes in the picture, one of the best being the midnight bathing party, in which Neptune is seen to rise from a bath, and, after bidding the guests to enter the water, sinks beneath the surface to hie submarine kingdom, an orgie of natatorial sport following. An aeroplane view of a Florida resort is also shown, and there are in addition some beautiful glimpses of the beach at Miami. The cast is, -as might be expected from a Paramount production, of a high order, and includes Leatrice Joy, Nita Naldi, Pauline Garon, and Lewis Stone.

Two exceptionally good comedy filmu, "Gift o' Gab" and "The Pest," are on the bill, and are. responsible for much fun. The former picture is tho more interesting, in that i\ shows a game of American football, which has an exciting finish. A Gazette and a Travelogue complete the programme Mention must bo made of the excellence of the programme of music played at the evening sessions by the orchestra, under Mr Glaysber. Tlie programme will be repeated all the week, and 6hould draw good business.