THE PICTURE HOUSES

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XX, Issue 70, 6 March 1930, Page 8

THE PICTURE HOUSES

COSY TALKIES. Glenn Tryon and Merna Kennedy are paired again by Universal in “Skinner Steps Out,” one of the biightest farce-comcdics of the season, at the Cosy Theatre. It is a. dialogue picture. Both Tryon, as the star, and Miss Kennedy, as his leading lady, attain new histrionic heights in this picture. Both their roles are ad mirably suited to their talents. Tryon appears as “William Henry Skinner,” a young man who is a hero to his wife and a “dub” to h : s employers and fellow-workers. Miss Kennedy has the role of “Honey,” the young wife, whose adoring belief in her husband finally inspires him to attain social and business recognition. Tryon appears in some of the tunniest scenes of his career in “Skinner Steps Out.” Especially notable are the scenes in which he asks for a raise, and in which he leads the orchestra and conducts an auction at a charity bazaar. Miss Kennedy’s winsome charm never was exhibited to better advantage. As the adoring young wife, she lays immediate claim to the affections of her audience. MUNICIPAL. Sustained interest is the first essential of a successful screen drama. “The One Woman Idea,” Fox Film which opens at the Municipal Theatre to-night, has that, and more. It tells a story of absorbing interest and the action is highly dramatic from beginning to end. “The One Woman Idea” has to do with a Persian prince who falls in love with the wife of a fellow passenger on a steamship bound from London to Port Said. But, as the prince announces upon discovering that she is married, “I am a Mohammedan and a Mohammedan never touches the property of another,” he finds himself with a problem on his hands. Rod La Rocque, who portrays the prince, is the outstanding player. His work is brilliant, nut he finds plenty of competition fiom more than one member of the splendid cast which enacts supporting roles. Co-feattired with La Rocque is Marceline Day, a most charming leading woman, who has a dual role—the wife with whom the prince faPs in love and a half-caste dancing girl in his harem. She handles both parts extremely well.