AMUSEMENTS.
THEATRE ROYAL. "GIRLS ABOUT TOWN." -Girls About Town," the new Paramount comody-drawa which will start to-day at the Theatre Koval, tells the colourful story of two who ride in limousines, but don t have t V J the chauffeurs—until one of the girls "ThL'thi 8 Somewhat bad little good girl i» forced to wage a campaign to prove to the man she love® that eold-digeers do love even more violently than tney t>. SsSKBSsa =-IS endowed with a dramatic vigour thatfiends perfectly with the more humorous aspects of th Zne to Akins who did the dialogue, again proves That she i. one of tho cleverest authors now writing for the screen. . In "Girls About Town," Kay Francis pl-ys the role of a young girl who unexpectedly falls in love with an intended victim. And Joel McCrea portrays the part of the man Kay eventually wins. Then there is LUyan Tashman as a diamond-loving blonde with a heart of gold; Eugene Pallette, as a miserly millionaire with a disconcerting penchant for practical jokes; George Barbier, Allan Dinghart, and that able comedienne, Lucile cbster Gleason, who complicates matters by enlisting the services of Lilyan Tashman in extracting money from her miserly husband, the aforementioned Eugene Pallette. Needless to say, all the players are well cast and give excellent performances. _ , The first of a Beries of golf instructional pictures by Bobby Jones is included in the shorts.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20564, 4 June 1932, Page 20
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