“LET’S FACE IT”

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 278, 21 August 1944, Page 3

“LET’S FACE IT”

(Scvond Week). —Last week Bob H 1 ')"- in person bit Sydney with a thud tbot rocked even that cmonopolit.nn city. .lie Australians mobbed the English-born star in a wav that left him breathless. (“There must be a Test match enn'nwltere," he remarked cheerfully.) hundred ndlc« .-.crass the 'l.-ism.-tn Wellington has been giving an oQttally “'ttlinslastic reception to Ins latest, fi n . “Lot's Face /t” (St. James). It is stilt the town’s best, comedy. Just as I can wtitcli Marlene Dietrich (loin.- practically nothing on the screen and "still Sit br'eatliless. so Bop Hopes facial expressions and neat lines leave me wanting little in tlie way of » plot. Which Is ns well, for “Lot's Face It Ims little or none: throe kittenish dowagers, suspecting their balding husbands, decide to kick their heels with three soldiers (Hope Is one of them). Tho thing develops Into a cheerful farce and Hie audience enjoys it. hugely. Tops in tim world of screen shorts is •'.Marti! Gras.” tlie la tiulitiilly-coloured. gav film which helps fill tho first half. Bettv Rhodes and Johnny Johns are the atars—w.'tt*'li lor the latter. He’s got soiuetlijii?.