"FOR WIVES ONLY."
1 HUSBANDS, AVANT ! f GRAND THEATRE, TO-DAY •men » woman ii pretty and married (and - U is the theme of our story), an optimistic .*"& can always console himself with the |Lht that p«b.»P» she is unhappy be- \ *m net'husband' doesn't Appreciate nor. | her husband hss three perfectly good ' {m, to renew him of some 01 his dutioa- «» remembers, the mom that all is fair 'la love or marriage. And if jou are beautiful and loveiy, like the" wife of this Itori, and being married means merely aee•faf your husband in the mornings instead M-ia the evenings, then, iorsooth, the three Sett friends look f uk« three lieaven-sunt fiKosei, or explanations, 01 anything that sounds good, it is'a good idea, the idea w, which is* baths' opajdy, 'The CntiAl Xear," fwnfwnwh/ii taktai the soieen (tmedy, "For Wive* Only.'/ It will be pre- ' Mated at the OrandilThelrtrt W* week, and iFbuld cans* unlicenied fitoghtM in tne preoincU ol that theatre; lor it n a very droll and witty tale, < a most sharp and sophisticated comedy with Jfau Prevost and Vidtoi V»rconi playing W»\ partly the roles ot 1h» wife and the husband rho clot, U «o innocent an undertaking could he called .a plot, it one thit.mirft creep into the life of any* wife'; •4usb»ad devoted too much to Wsiwor;* (or? anything else ti»» hu hmi him .from 4h jp«Vprandiai huith), and who muiiv^M^poismptorUy I brought to heel. a'n'd ! on* ways in whM Wm&'Mt only one I u that one, •, sought fay sorrowing ./wires the world over, ;was captured*by, of our story. And with what dire 1, and'excellent results; ) Mr on* must expect 'something to go wrong /km 1 midst orriljthff purely successful tploitpl, but ii u not svery lady who experts i -jWetyuuag to torn out in such a hilarious r 4 masr. as did'tlua,scheme , Of oourse one '' alio expect" a certain" piquancy of * (ftweur about theiUndertaking and when the j mu lII*, is |.laid .in Vienna,. the gay city; f jft W it* oaoareti. asq ita restaurants and Ifr? 9 moility, do' not blame the author if IjE if Idndsrgatten atmosphere is lifted The SfetsJleture.is as instructive as it is entertain iriUing\a» it is' humorous, it is 'at whose -feet should sit all somen who yrfruld learn how to of bis own'free, will to their tonne, the three faithful friends lioi had quite a lot to do with lanjhe doctor ,liked;, for what is but an evanescent 'dream, where un u concerned ? v "for Wives i domestic cqnwdy thatis quite rem the usual; for one thing, itten by a European dramatist, have a width and to'erance of ,4jis not shared by Anglo-Saxons; snappy comedy, and the unconromance. Marie Prevost acts i thet, neglected wifo, and Victor a most romantic-looking person I be kept chained and kennelled. rood friends are' dehciously played Hovt, Claude Qilhngwater, and urard The Orand Orchestra will {rial programme of musio. Box ti The Bristol Piano Company, i l m»y i
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Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19375, 30 July 1928, Page 7
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