"NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH."

Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 124, 21 November 1929, Page 15

"NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH."

"Nothing but tho Truth" which )■! an Bounced for the Regent Theatre,is: the stor^ JSartels, Ned Sparks, Wyne Gibson, Helen Kane, Dorothy Hall, Madeline Grey, and Nancy gya". Richard Dix i.s in love with Dorothy Hall, Churchill's daughter. Dorothy has to r« lr e nn £8000 for a charUy !>roiect- s"° has if i to start -with. Her father tells her it ■■ she will double tho amount he will double the £4000, making her quota £8000. She tells • JJix about this and gives him the £2000 A few hours later Dix, Churchill, Bartels, and Sparks are discussing truthfulness. Dix says that he can tell the truth for 24 hours. They take him up on it, and Dix bets tho £2000 charity fund against a like amount. ■ Tho terms of the bet are that he must tell the truth on every question put to him from-4 o'clock that afternoon until i o'clock the next after- . juin. In the evening the men go to a night club. There they meet Helen Kane and Wynne Gibson, sister act singers. Dix tells tho truth When. Helen asks who Churchill Is, revealing him as a wealthy broker. Next day Dix is besieged with questions about some ■ girls who stayed in the garage all night. Churchill's wife learns from Dix. She is furious. More •■questions are asked of Dix, and he answers them all truthfully, getting everybody into .trouble. Dorothy asks him if he was In love before. He has to admit that he was. He also has to admit that he was arrested. The ■ men try to frame him into a lie so they will win the bet. He tells tho truth, and gets them * .all Into worse jams. At one minute after four he explains everything oft by telling a dozen lies. . ■