KING GEORGE THEATRE

Hutt News, Volume 6, Issue 4, 28 June 1933, Page 3

KING GEORGE THEATRE

GEORG-E ARLISS STARS IN "A SUCCESSFUL CALAMITY."

I SATURDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY A' new George Arlites picture is aJ*\ray£ am event of importance to the (motion picture public, and "A Sue•cess'ful Calamity" his latest Warner -Bros triumph opening on (Saturday a( t the King George Theatre, proind&es to excel all of its excellent predecessors in ' popularity. The story deals ■with an^ A.ineric'an fanjily of grdat wealth; a great financier, his young and lovely wife anl his two gitew'n children; all of -whom find themiserv.e's so ibusy with \tfie pleaisure and duties imposed iupon tbejm \b[y their anoney and position that "no 'time is left for the en'oyment of >r,eial {family }if c. i "AjSuccessul Calamity" is a'd'a'pfted fro|m a highly sucteeispful sfrage pTay of some season "back, writlten by Clare Kummei'. John Adolfi, vwho directed {Jeorge A'rliss in "The Millionaire" "Alexander Hamilton," and "The Mian "Who Played God" is credited wfltfh ,t!ho direction of this new ArlisiS picture. | ''CHILD OP MANHATTAN." -, TO-DAY (WEDNESDAY) j One ofljlie few loppontunities ;affoi'ded -a reviewer ,to turn loose on iava vilaJble adjectives w»as preisented with

th« showing of "Child of Manhatta-n" a ColumlAa screen play of /night life, which opens at the King George Theatre 1 T!o-day (Wednesdajy). Here^is 'avehiele whidh has ; all the ingredients to ((make-enterbairntaent of ,a fine -.standard .-— story, suispense, draniia, comedy, production v.alue and an 'exioellent oa^t. 4 Also in praise of "Child ;of M»anJbia4ltan;/ is the fact that it jbiUngs *a -nc'w Nancy Cafrall/to the \scredn. In addition 'to Miss -Carroll's viv : id ,por'itra'y'al dthe'r inc,m!bers of the cJaist are . .excellent, pai'tieu.i'arry John Boles .play '^ing opposite, _a,ud Charles "Buck Jones. ( "MURDER ON THE. SECOND FLOOB." Who killed Joseph Eeynolds? This mjte'tery will be^olved for you onUlie .stage in Frank Vosper's famous play fpres,enited 'by the Gard'ok Players on Wednes'dlay and Thursday, sth and 6th July. , The *play aib'ounds in Comedy «jrd •cli,ai'acter ,and hate some most unifsua^l twistsi in its story, 'whi'eh is enacted a second raJ.te boarding hou^se in Bl'oom^bury, London. There t is a! deligntfiil .love interest rulnning through fhe play relieving some of the grinnnier motaents of the drama. All the .thrills of a, real flesh and iblaod, Iskow at jpicture prices.