QUEEN'S 'THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 145, 20 June 1924, Page 5

QUEEN'S 'THEATRE.

. ii- question c! i(Hiisnal: iatEirest $b. ■women has arisen in Hollywood. Is '■fainting," ostensibly one of woman's greatest weapons, used more often, in' the. defence or in offence? .. Tlie'.discusfiion arose while a scene is "Don:t Oail It Love," which is being screened feday at the Queen's Theatre -was "being photographed. This scene snowa Agßes 'Ayres fainting when her Iqvei; leaves her. As a chapter, from Julian Street's novel, "Rita CeveHtey," ; frßm which Clara Beranger adapted this pieturg, it is «aid to have actually happened, ftisr cussidn arose as to whether- Miss Ayres was supposed ,to faint' because she thought she had lesfc iiep lover, or b&r' cause • she thought he ■ miah^ return t9 her when he saw her: fainlb ;^g tg |.he time tho company ceased werk, ne. de^ cision wa» reached, .The feminine players wore strong in the contention that women "pretended fainting" mare, often to rid. themselves of .undesirable, attentions.; Tho .actors "weie '..equally strong in their conyietion that Wpmen practised fainting bo thut.i.jit..tha;eruaial mement, a well simnlated fairit.might' bring abeui a clinch" arid kiss. .j-Wliat is tlie,answer? The supporting ..programme includes ,■ a Paramount comedy,.."The.Handy Man," starring Stan Laurel,;:who will be'"re» membered for.'his yerv humorous .pertray'al of" "Rhubarb Vaselinq" in "Mud and Sand." ■.': There is also a ..Burton Holmes -Travelogue, aridVths latest .Parar mount •Gazette. •' The ■Queen's Grand .Orchestra, j'under, the, direction of'Mr, A, H. Jerome.'will.-'render, a delightful pro-.--gramTne.of...incidental..music.l The .pox plan Ts;;at:THe'-B'rtotpl:, \':.; '.' : ' - .