MAJESTIC THEATRE.

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 108, 10 May 1938, Page 6

MAJESTIC THEATRE.

"Double Wedding."

William Powell, as an artist whose studio is a trailer, plays the most laughprovoking role of his amazing career in "Double Wedding," co-starring Myrna Loy, which opens on Friday at the Majestic Theatre. This is the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer adaptation of Ferenc Molnar's great stage comedy, "Great Love." Although Powell has proved himself, as has also Miss Loy, a star of dramatic roles as well as comedy, he has never had a more amusing Vehicle than this. Arriving in a city he meets the charming manager of an exclusive gown shop dnd promptly falls in love with her. In order to get rid of him, more than for any other reason, she consents to pose for him. That encounter seals her fate, for the man is irresistible. They bring about the double wedding, for in the meanwhile Florence Rice, as Miss Loy's younger sister, already has married John Beal. Neither of the ceremonies comes off, however, until • the story complications have provided a wealth of laughs. The supporting cast is excellent, with Jessie Ralph, Edgar Kennedy, Sidney Toler, Mary Gordon, Barnett Parker, Katharine Alexander, and Priscilla Lawson. Richard Thorpe, who directed the grim drama, "Night Must Fall," demonstrates his versatility in his direction of this sparkling comedy. The producer was Joseph Mankiewicz, one of Hollywood's most youthful executives, who also produced "Fury," "The Gorgeous Hussy," and "Love on the Run." "Double Wedding" is one of the best of the many excellent pictures in which the popular Powell-Loy team has been co-starred.