First-class Comedy for Mayfair

Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23202, 13 December 1940, Page 5

First-class Comedy for Mayfair

With the world in .the state it is. Alexander Hall, director of Columbia's ‘‘He Stayed For Breakfast," to be seen at the Mayfair soon, believes that audiences want real comedy in their entertainment these days. “Audiences want to laugh, not just smile.” he says, and it is in this vein that his latest farce was directed. His intention of spreading laughter arid amusement has not been wasted, as the audiences of this film will soon find out. The film concerns a young waiter who. whilst fleeing from the police, breaks into the apartment of the wife

of a wealthy banker. Intrigued, she conceals him for the night, and many amusing sequences follow when he takes charge of the place, demanding chicken supper and a soft bed. A curious affection develops between the two, and though the waiter (played by Melvyn Douglas) is unwilling to admit his feelings towards the girl (portrayed by Loretta Young) she becomes interc'.ed. Further complications develop when another suitor, Alan Marshal, enters the scene, and finally the girl's husband, Eugene Pallette, walks in to complete the situation.