OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT

Evening Star, Issue 22578, 20 February 1937, Page 21

OUTSTANDING ENTERTAINMENT

RCKALD GOLMAH AND PATSY KELLY ‘ The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo,’ Twentieth Century’s romantic comedy, starring Ronald Colman, which will be seen to-day at. the Mayfair, has an unusual plot. It tolls of an impoverished Russian prince who gambles ins savings and those ol his friends at Monte Carlo, and wins 10,000,000 francs, breaking the bank. Ho divides half of his winnings among his friends, and then uses the rest to pursue Joan Bennett, with whom he has fallen in love. Although hired to lure him back to the gambling tables, she falls in love with her intended victim. She and her companion in deceit, Colin Clive, lead Colman a merry chase through the gay centres of Europe to Interlaken, Switzerland. It is hero that Miss Bennett falls in love with her victim. Sho tries to save Colman, but Clive manages to get him back to Monte Carlo. Colman loses his winnings, but wins Miss Bennett, much to the satisfaction o: both principals and the audience. Much of the film’s excellence is undoubtedly due to the able direction of Stephen Roberts.’ A surprise-filled climax serves to bring the troubles of the two young lovers to a happy conclusion. The plot is set in a background of the gay capitals of Europe, including Monaco, Paris, and Interlaken, Switzerland, the winter playground of the world. A fast-mov-ing story, ‘ Kelly the Second,’ the second feature, is not what one might term a prize fight picture, although the story hinges on the ring career of one of its principals. There is a romance between Patsy Kelly and Guinn Williams, while Pert Kelton as the girl friend of Edward Brophy, in the role of a racketeer, supplies menace as well as mirth. As Molly Kelly, a waitress who decides to capitalise upon the fighting qualities of her truck-driving boy friend, Patsy Kelly has the best role of her career. Her prize-fighter sweetheart, Cecil Callahan, is capably portrayed by Guinn Williams, who has been seen in several recent screen offerings.