PALACE THEATRE.

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 10912, 1 June 1929, Page 6

PALACE THEATRE.

SYD. CHAPLIN' IX ‘SKIRTS.' 5 IRENE RICH--“BEWARE OF .MARRIED MEN.’’ A sparkling up-tu-tlie-minute dou-ble-feature programme' is screened at Dot it matinee it ltd night, screenings today afc the I’alaee. “Skirts,' - and “Beware of Man.cil Mini" being tlio tea t tiros. S.vd. Chaplin is soon in another mirth provoking earned v with a.T liw old brand ol itumor and a whole set. of now eoinedy "gags.’ 5 Tim picture is “Skirts." a Metfc-tluld-wyn-Mayer. This picture, tin adaptation of the London stage success. “A Little Bit of .Klulf." lias all that goes to make up a good comedy. Limpings characterisation ol a young husband who becomes entangled in a 1 .sorts ol worldly snares is excellent. The supporting east is good, backing up the star in every gag with remarkable case and line comedy sense. Betty Balfour, famous English beauty, lias Ihe feminine lead in “Skirts." Victor MeLag'on's brother. ('lift'ovd. has the “heavy" part in this picture. Others ai\> Nancy Eigg, Annie Esmond. Edmond Broun, Diana Wilson In “Beware if Married Men," a Warner-Master Picture. Done Rich as Myra Martin lias a role which adui.rably displays her versati ity. She is the businesslike secretary of a divorce lawyer, a grey-haired “social worker.’’ The reason for Lhe story is Myra's flapper sister w ho is 1 c mg courted by a married man-about-towu, whose wife retains Myra’s employer as her lawyer. Myra secs the. way the w’iul blows, and adopts a disguise which turns the trick, saves her sister and causes seme uproarious moments. Elydo Cook a so plays defective. Myra luy is the didlusioni‘d wife: Stuart Hohnes f hr gal ivantiug husband; U chard Tucker the lawyer; Audrey. Kerris i.lie ilapper sister: and Hugh Allan the young lover who mends the flapper’s broken heart.