"VANITY."

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19612, 7 May 1929, Page 15

"VANITY."

LEATRICE JOY DRAMA.

AT aIUNO THJSATKK. •"Yaaity,"—a remarkable picture, moralMat *!>• that, although one may be tttfc and exalted, one in not in «>y higher kawan claaa than one's snoe* poo' * nd aamaU neighbour—is at present featuring on • l»i* programme which will show throughout the week at the Grand Theatre. "Vanity'' telle of the lifo of o vain society ■M who waa brought up to rerard herself a* a goddess, who acted to the world as »u«h, and who then suddenly realises that •It* ia only a girl. Leatrice Jor. a* tho beautiful, indolent, ••ngfcty Barbara Friske, has a difficult role *» play, hut perform* with great auccets. feonjhi llp by a mother who evidently knows ■ttte <ti rearing children, she exists ours t» a spoilt child surrounded by a doieu iwrernetses, than a* a smart society lady »*tt an army of maida at her beck and •ill. Tii her inferior* she ia quick-tem-»«e4. irritable, and contemptuoua; she Mkatwledgea no superiors. On the eve of W wedding day shc< haughtily condescends *• ntrtonn at the christening ceremony of • bo*-, owned by "Happy Dan" Morgan (Alan Hale), a naval man whom »he had kmewm during the war. Barbara arrives *l «n« boat -and finds herself trapped. J**k»d in a email eabin with Morgan, mtnitaed, wondering what will happen to har, »he stilt endeavours to retain her •telefcr airs of an priority. Hut no lontcer ** »tm n«*d<*d. Morgan, half drunk, half *«d, laaghs her to scorn, makes mock of W affectation, rails her for her snobbery. ** Uat, tho humbled, sobbing, sorrowful girl »"*•• h*r escape from the ship, a lesson '#*»»«!, and with a hope that her wedding •eMHMmy will soon come, after which she **"U no longer be the vain, contemptuous «t*»ar» Frtske. In a minor part Charles « Is seen to nd'.-antage a* Barbara's ■»w. Lieut. Lloyd de van Courtland. "or a riot of rollicking comedy. "Gms- *•» rt* Great." starring Goorge Jesse!, fenJd he bird to beat. There surely on *• very few magicians who can do such •JertHrtf and h«m<mm< trick* ns Jessel docs J* *■!■ picture. Included amenget a num- *•* »f ■nnrmrtinc fllm* is another humorous *•»*»*% "Snooting the Bui!."