AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20215, 18 April 1931, Page 20

AMUSEMENTS.

ST. JAMES' THEATRE. "ALMOST A HONEYMOON» •Almost a Honeymoon," which will begin St. James' Theatre to-day, is another [success for British International —this timo Sfurce, in one long laughter dose Clifford juollison, young West End musical comedy icomedian, with fresh breeze methods, hae •"arrived" in this picture. Dodo Watts ia excellent aa Rosalie, and facts with much natural charm. Lamont jlHckson plays his original part of Cuthfcert, and evokes plenty of laughs in the H'locesa. Donald Calthroj), as Basil's gentle- ' men's gentleman, reveals further versatility, land gets away with a good percentage of 'the acting honours—as usual. The film is one of the best British proid uctions of the year. The story is as follows: —Basil Dibley s financial state was so involved that he waß pieparcd to fly from his comfortable Mayiair flat and take up a post in Penang. His successor in his honVe was to have been liosalio Quilter, a delightful girl about to marry, for some unaccountable reason, Cuthbert de Grey. Rosalie moves into her new abode alone; she has a bath and ■ goes ft> ted. Presently Basil, who has been celeb; a ting his last evening at home by drinking too much, is escorted up by a taxidriver. Ho fails to notice the presence oi the lady in the bedroom, which re.cently was :fcis own, and climbs into the second bed. IlCext morning tho two young people discover "the compromising circumstances under which they have passed the night. Their embar.rassnient is increased when Cuthbert, the prospective bridegroom, knocks on the door. However, that decidedly odd person is not ;a bit put out when he realises the position, and his composure exasperates his fiancee '£o much that she refuses to marry him. The uncle conveniently dies and leaves his r.pphew a quarter of a million, so the way ;i« now clear for Basil and Rosalie to declare 'their mutual, love. ■ The box plans are at The Bristol Piano Company.