THEATRE ROYAL.
A GOOD COMEDY. Great opportunity for effective characterstudy is afforded the principals in "Caught Short," the film at the Theatre Royal this Vfek. Marie Ureasler's worth was hidden under s> bushel until she was seen and heard m the talking picture "Anna Christie. ' She was given the part of a urunken old v.uuiun, and scored gloriously. Her luanueriiins were perfect, and she did not disgust, as many drunken old women have doue in the past. So that Metro-Uoldwyn-ilayer were wise to have sullicient confidence ia her powers to give her a costarring position in their new production. They were also wise to place her opposite Polly Moran, who, despite the fact that her humour followed along similar lines, was sufficiently different to act as a natural foil. The plot of "Caught Short" is simple, but sufficient. It concerns, briefly, two boarding-houses In an American city, the two landladies of tho boarding-bouses, and, in a rather vague way, Wall street. Playing a soft accompaniment Is the love story of the daughter of one landlady, and the son of the other.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 29 September 1930, Page 7
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THEATRE ROYAL.
Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20045, 29 September 1930, Page 7
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