KING GEORGE THEATRE and PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 28, 4 December 1930, Page 5

KING GEORGE THEATRE and PRINCE EDWARD THEATRE.

"SIDE STEEBT."

"THE BIVQECEE." Tfce so-called divorce problem, has had many expositions at the hands of and Scenajiflts, 'but.perhaps neyer before from the amazing . viewjridt of;>:.-.^The divorcee,;»' Noinna Sfceorer's new rMe.tro-ttold^yn-Mayer talking vehicle, which opens on Decea^r, 6th>. ai^sin^ Remaining distinctly human, with no tinge of the academic, the picture easts a tarn Hght on iflodern divorce, and, in cMemtaily affords Mies Shearer.one of 't&ef "'MS& ''B^rtl]^g,; r M''^reli as thfe most ohflfciming roles of her career. . Chapter Morrisi plays opposite Miss as the .husband, and j&db&rt Atpntgomery and Conrad Nagel supply Jbfttcrefiting perforaaancea as tioe lovers mHb* firnish an enticing b&ckground ft* lu&oars to her dameatic proiblema. ••TUB COOXOOS." ' Filled with deliriouß fun and hilari,i^^'apt3^ense^..'^Ther.,:Ciscly>os,' 7.,.1Jadi0.. «^fe|k*B:' wild Tiot of waggery, opens Sti :;ikb King (ieor^e and Prince Eft- ] iihjri theatres on &th last. The &W i ,b*ijj^ ft t]be ft .ta3ytin^;p-preen so^mcthiag cn r \ tiirely new in entertainment. •■Tbe Oncfeoos" is not a revue. It's ttftt a intsical comedy, although comodjr and music hold full sway through t&C production. The show is a distinct departure from the conventional, offering a well-knit story which serves as a Vtote^Kground for the antics of the maddest air of cornice ever to grace th© sWeea —Bert Wheeler and Robert Woo*ise,y who won picture fame in "feßita."

Professor. Bird and his assistant,: Sparrow", are fortune-tellers who find, themselves broke at a Mexican resort. Sparrow lias fallen in love with Anita,an American who has lived witii a band of gypsies, and Julius, leader ofthe band, swears he will kill the parii. of quack mystics.

Baron de Camp ptts Julius and the gypsies Tinder hia command. The hiiron. wishes to marry Ruth Chester who has been brought there by her aunt, Fannie Furst, to separate Euth from Billy Shannon, an aviator. Billy, "however,; fpeates Euth, and flies to Mexico.

Fannie invites the Professor and Sparwwsr to a party, where the Baron has induced Julius and the gypsies to en{agrtain with a knife-throwiag exhibitjoa. Julias'a me© kidnap Euth and t(ka fortunetellecra promise Pannie they inriU reaeuo &er niece. Tho 'rescue is tftriUiag.