KING'S THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1925, Page 10

KING'S THEATRE.

Anyone who has a desire to become a screen actor (or actress) should on no account^ mis 3 seeing "Merton of thp iMovics," which is the main attraction at the King's Theatre this week, for they will gather a vast amount of information from it. Those who do not possess ambition to act for tho screen should also see it, for it will amuse them, and they will be able to appreciate it to the full extent. It is the story of a moviestruck youth whoso one great desire is to do "something better and finer" than : merely helping in a grocer's shop. As an assistant he is useless, and after a sensational horse ride rou^'d the village church on Sunday morning* ha is discharged, and with his savings in his pockets turn's his face towards movie land. It is not long before he is disenchanted, for he soon learns that the necessary qualifications lor an actor include more tliau a "desire to do better things." ' Through inexperience he misses a chance, and it is not long before he is in straitened circumstances. Ultimately a pretty member of the "Buckeye Comedy Co." rescues him, and with her aid Merton obtains work. Ho thinks he is acting for a drama, but the producer has different ideas, and when Merton finds that' his dramatic work has been used in making the most successful comedy of the year he is overcome with shame. "A reconciliation, however, follows. Glenn Hunter and Viola Danna take the load-, ing parts. The programme includes good supports, and appropriate selections are contributed by the orchestra.