CAPITOL THEATRE, MIRAMAR.
Jan Klepura, the greatest tenor since Caruso, gets ample opportunity to display his wonderful voice in "Tell Jle Tonight,"-which Is showing at the Capitol Theatre tonight for the last time. With-him Is'associated Jlagda Schneider, a leading Continental actress, Sonnie Hale, and Edmund Gwenn. The story Is a romantic one full of sparkle and fun and haunting melodies whlchi will. long be remembered, and the Swiss scenery is magnificent. An excellent »upportlng feature, "Our Fighting Navy," shows the British Navy at Sea,
STATE THEATRE. How a man's man smooths out what threatens to become a serious matrimonial difficulty by discussing the position with his rival forms? the-theme of "As Husbands Go," now shewing at the State Theatre. :In some respects it may be regarded as a recent picture ("When Ladie3 Meet") from a musuu- '!" c ane'e, but it Is not necessary to von-' sider It in relation to the other to appreciate It properly. Its running fire of sparkling sophisticated dialogue, the splendid acting of the entire cast, and the cleverlydeveloped situations make it flrst-rate -entertainment, the whole way through, wffh the logical. conclusion providing a suitable end-1 Ins to a well-balanced story. The. opening scene Is laid in the glamorous and romantic trench capital, where Lucille Llngard (Helen Vlnson), the young and beautiful wife of an American business man. and Emmie Sykes (Catharine Doucet), not as young but doing her best to be as beautiful as the former; i whom she is supposed to be chaperoning, are "discovered" in the company of. Konald Derbyshire (G. p. Huutley), a budding English novelist,.and Hippolitus Loml (Warner Oland), a pleasure-seeking Parisian of mixed extraction. A night In which a variety of the cltys entertainments are sampled, not tb'mention a few minutes under the moon, causes the hastily-formed friendships to develop further, and the ladies have scarcely returned' to their home fires (with thoughts of divorce Id their neads) before, Derbyshire and Loml also put In an appearance. The climax Is unexpected. .The supporting programme comprises newsreels and a resurrected' drama, from about twenty years ago.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 49, 27 February 1934, Page 5
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