PLAZA THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20412, 5 December 1931, Page 16

PLAZA THEATRE.

"THE DEVIL TO PAY." Lovers of talking pictures are wont to make special note of each. Ronald Colmau film. He has the happy faculty of presenting with every... new rolease tho pcr T ponality that they Jove, but in a markedly different guise.-' Nop . wljl they :bo disJ appointed when they see his latost vehicle; ' 'The ■ Devil .to ' Pay,",' a comedy-drama bjj Frederick Lonsdale, that comes to the Plaza; Theatre to-day. • - - . j • A. list of tho tcmperatnental geoiuses ot the cinema whose plaint is that they nover get a good story could never include the name of Ronald Colman; and if he over did find himself cast .in an -unworthy *c;reeiv play, there is little doubt that he would make his own role in it an biiistanding example of what a really flna actor could make of even poor material. In again ringing the bell; so to speak, in "The Devil to Pay,'/, ho is most fortunatoi A lavish" Samuel Goldwyn -production, set in Colman'B loved Loudon atmosphere, supported by a fine cast bt players, togother With a 'screen story and witty dialogue' by a famous playwright who is a personal friend of the star as well; all these important factors combine' in making llonaI(J Colmrin's latist picture'rank with his best: In short, under the dirootion • of. tho inimitable Fitzmauricc, Samuql t3ol(twyu is about to launch another Oolman triumph. As a happy-go-lucky, scapegrace prodigal son; the talking screen's "best loved lover' V proves his mastery of modern comedy-drama; Playing opposite tho star is Lorrettii Young, who though young in years as in name, is already an established screen player. Tho third of the play's amusing triangle in the picture is Myrna Loy. Every prodigal son must have a father, and since in this instance tho parent wis a tvpical Britisher, master in his own house, no "happier selection for tho part could bavo been made than that of Frederick Kerr. Miss Young's screen father is no other than David Torrance. In the minor roles are those capable players Paul Cavanagli, Florence Britton, Mary Forbes, and Crawford Devi! to Pay," described as sophisticated comedy-drama, is nn original screen play, both story and dialogue having been written by Frederick Lonsdale.