LIGHT-HEARTED FRIVOLITY

Evening Star, Issue 21719, 14 May 1934, Page 10

LIGHT-HEARTED FRIVOLITY

*MY WEAKNESS' BRINGS NEW STAR Light-hearted frivolity is the mainspring of ( My Weakness,’ the bright musical comedy which will open a season at the Grand Theatre on Friday. With Cupid, in a top hat, keeping up a running fire of comment as the plot unfolds, Lilian Harvey, the charming Continental actress (who has been a sensational success throughout the world, and who is introduced to Dunedin for the first time in this picture), and Lew Ayres carry the theme through a series of thoroughliy amusing incidents.

Cupid is first on the scene, mopping his brow and Complaining bitterly of overwork. Then he proceeds to relate the story of one of his most difficult jobs, and thus it unfolds on the screen. A rich manufacturer and his nephew quarrel over the question of women, and the uncle threatens to cut off the young man’s income. In the course of the argument the nephew declares that he could take the. least attractive girl in the city, even one of the girls who swept out the office, dress her up, and marry he]’ off to a wealthy man. Hearing this, the girl that is at the moment dusting the office challenges him .to make good his boast with her. She. is certainly difficult material, but her blunders lead to some highly diverting incidents. The supporting cast includes Charles Rutter worth and Hairy Langdou, comedians; Sid Silvers, Irene Bentley, filradom's latest “ find ” ; Henry Travers, popular veteran of the New York stage ; Adrian Bosley, and Mary Howard, daughter of Will Rogers. Combed for its most beautiful girls for minor roles in the production, Hollywood has yielded a number of actresses each of whom represents a distinct type of feminine beauty. Among these are Irene Ware, Barbara Weeks. Susan Fleming. Marcello Edwards. Marjorie King, .lean Allen. Cladys Blake, and Dixie Frances.