AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20214, 17 April 1931, Page 17

AMUSEMENTS.

ST; JAMES' THEATRE. 1 , rMAjSE FOB "ALMOST A ~ HONEYMOON." One -crltic said about the British comedy, "Almost • Honeymoon," which will befciiji to-morrto*? ' a t &t, ' James'. Theatre:— . - , , T .." picture. ,tr»nsl!>tjo* ' eomedi .'Almost . a Ifqaeymooi/ V "directed by Monty' Banks, is ab&ut tM *■ ,beat flUi'dlSiW kind; wtf have yet iad from " a?British*stttdlb.,Whw.it was shown at the i .Kecal TfiSiitr* gale? oL Mughter - iawetft theatre lika. ft March wina« In tftery "respect 4hia ,plcture is comparable with the test work dt Harold Lloyd. 1 . . : vjhp acting; in this pictutfi joy*. Clii* ford MoUUon makes a brilliant first fi* m 4 appearance* Donald Oalthrop Is at his , best, . than which there is none better, Lamont J^ick* son. likewise- plays with infinite distinction. "Dodo' W&ttrf makes an ideal heroine. But when - all ia,-said, the .real star of this picture is ' Monty: Banks,: who has created ■ a British talking pifcture comedy "ab'out'which we may . shout from , toe housetops,'.' » r . ' Donald Oalthrop, who plays the role ol • the valet in -' 'Almost a Honeymoon, V like many- other -stage and screen -celebrities, was educated- at; St. Paul's Sehool, London. He was born on April 11th, 1:888, and made his first appearance on: the stage at,,the Comedy Theatre in 1906 in "A Wire Kntanglement. • At' the Kingsway Theatre In June,, 1924, he produced* "Yoicks," a very charming revue. When this terminated its run Donald Oalthrop disappeared info obscurity for. some time. Then one''day his 'admirers awoke: to, -find bim'.a'fllm iter. He'raade his 'big screen '"hit" infAlfred Hitchcock's '''Blackmail, and Itlien iollowed "The Olue of the. IVew 1 Pin", and "The Plying Squad."; Anutner film-in which he appeared for British International; was Atlantic." --He' v Jlas an engaging' personality-—erratic and highly temperamental,'with great personal charm and magnetism. " pine 1 plans ior VAlmpst a ,tri at' The firistol. '