ST. JAMES' THEATRE.
"SECOND CHOICE.*' A novel arid mot, told v.itb * i ust dcgrsa cl' restraint, and assisted iea.ly good acting, make.3 "Second Choice" at tha St. James' Theatre lhi3 ivcels, &■ in it-clac3 entertainment. Dolores Costello, w.io playa the loading role, proves lierbcli to bo one of tho few screen stara who really can act. Tho story co:;cercj the girj Va!, who in love with Don, who poasebzes nothing but an agency for cars, Their understanding is broken when Don, to drag himself from tho rut bccorne3 engaged to a wealthy girl. Val moots another roan, Owen, who is al3o nurainy a brohen hear?, and euddenly marries him. Tho teat of tho ttory is concerned with their attempt to convince tbo world (hat theirs ia an ordinary v/Uh Val's difacultieo with Don, who has heed himself from the other engagement, and wif h her ultimate discovery of her veal lo'.'b for Oven. Tbo supports a short film, "AU Square,'* a- comedy monologue, an excernt from the open* "La Jiiiv*," sung by *Jartir.e!!i, arid' a gov J. Kreliah newsrecl.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20087, 17 November 1930, Page 5
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