ENTERTAINMENTS

Cromwell Argus, 9 August 1926, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

. " The Night Club," is the title of the Oddfellows star film for Saturday, and the supports are a comedy " Meet the Ambassador,'' and the News. In the chief film the story opens with ltobert White at the altar. He is just aboui to slip the ring on the girl's finger when her lover, whom she thought drowned, arrives on the scene. She deserts Bob and goes to her lover. White returns to his apartment and sacks his elderely housekeeper. As he stands meditating, his lawyer dashes in and informs Bob that his uncle has left, hi n a million dollars and .a valet, providing he marries a certain girl. Bob declares he will not accept the offer and goes to Spain, with the valet. In Spain, he is beset by two designing American . spinster school teachers and a bevy of beautiful bathing girls. In the streets Bob is chased from pillar to post by a runaway automobile driven by a beautiful girl. She is Edith Henderson the girl Bob is selected by his uncle. Bob falls in love at first sigiit and remarks that it would be an easy way to make a million dollars. The girl overhears the remark and she denounces Bob as a fortune hunter. Learning that the girl will inherit the money if he should die, Bob tries all sorts of devices to commit suicide but something always goes wrong at the critical time. Many humorous situations follow until Bob and Edith eventually make it up and they return to America, and are married.

" Squibs, M.P " is the title of Mr Hulls ' star film for Friday, and il presents Britain's Queen of Happiness, Betty Balfour, in an exciting role. lb is easily the stars happiest and cleverest performance. Betty laying the lav/ down to father, or masquerading in officer's uniform at a eos'tiuuo ball in Paris, or chopping up lumps of butter at the Squibs' Pure Milk Dairy, or showing P.O. Lee how to make a parliamentary speech, pasting up election bills, white washing hecklers, pleading the cause of babies before battleships in the House of Common?, or chasing ghosts in a haunted castle, is just the self-same Betty, radiating happiness all the time. Supports to tiiis are a Mack Sennett comedy, the Gazette, and the current chapter of the serial.