"THE GAY DECEPTION."

Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 141, 11 December 1935, Page 5

"THE GAY DECEPTION."

Coming: to the Plaza.

The effervescent charm, intriguing! good looks, and remarkable .comedy talents of Francis Lederer are; brought to the screen in the gayest- of his comedy roles in. Fox Film's "The Gay Deception," which will . open -at the Plaza Theatre oh Friday. In;this lighthearted;- inspired comedy Lederer * has recaptured for the. screen that, intangible something which created' his sensational success when he first made his appearance on the Broadway .stage. Lavishly produced with abetting in the world's most luxurious, hotel, the; picture tells the story of two light-hearted pretenders, Lederer and Frances' Dee, who manage to penetrate each other's bluff, and in time each-other's dream of romance. Miss Dee comes .-.to - the hotel as a girl who has won a sweeps stake prize and decided to spend it all on one glorious fling.'. Here-she1' encounters Lederer, a prince in-real life; pretending to be a' domestic. '..There are romantic complications, misunderstandings, times when-.-it seems that they will be drawn apart, but it. all comes out happily in' the end. when Miss Dee decides that she loves Lederer, even if he isn't the poor boy : she thought he was. Jesse Lasky produced '•The Gay Deception," ; which was directed by William Wyler and features Alan Mowbray, Benita 1 Hume, and Akim Tamirpff in the supporting cast.