EVERYBODY'S THEATRE
"HIGH SOCIETY BLUES." The nev ly-rUii have ever j.rovided material for humour. The struggling* of a parvenu "'atuiJy form the theme of ''High Society Blues" at Everybody's Theatre this week, Liid they furnish laughter of every conceivable kind. Id its previous week's screeniLg ut the new Regent Theutro, picture-goers had an opportunity to confirm the assertion that Janet Gaynor and Charles 'Parrel!, in this hilarious musical comedy, repeat their triumphs of "Sunny .Side Up. It is an outstanding jucccss from the musical point of Mew. "DARKENED ROOMS." It- wa3 only to be expected that in trio wide search for attractive material for thn talking screen, the film producers -would ultimately come to realise the potentialities of Sir Philip Gibbs's stories. A moat happy choice has been made in "Darkened Rooms," the first of.tho famous British novelist's books to bo produced in talkie form iu Hollywood, and this picture will be presented at Everybody's Theatro next week. Of all the author's books, there is none more consistently* dramatic than "Darkened Rooms." Kvelyn Brent • and Neil Hamilton ahare starring honours, both acting with grej.t skill two veiy delicate roles.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20023, 3 September 1930, Page 8
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