THE STATE THEATRE
"THE PRIVATE SECRETARY." "The Private Secretary 7 ' starring Edward Everett Horton, is to be screened at the State Theatre to-night and on Monday. The story concerns the adventures of the Rev. Robert Spalding (Horton), inoffensive clergyman who is engaged as private secretary to country gentleman. He is prevented from taking up his post by I his employer's nephew (Michael Shepley) who has come up to London to meet him and who intends that his best friend (Barry Mackay) who is trying to hide from an unknown and irrascible uncle (Oscar Asche) shall have the job. Spalding's many adventures when in London and in his employer's house when he is mistaken for someone else, provide entertainment of the most joyous sort, beingone of the classic comedies of the stage. EMPRESS THEATRE. Again a double feature programme will be the attraction at the Empress Theatre this evening. The first film is a Western, "Law , Beyond the Range," in which Tim McCoy plays a stirring role. "I Live for Love," Warner Bros.' gay comedy romance, is the second feature, with Dolores Del Rio and Everett Marshall, the greatest operatic star in the stellar roles.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4872, 18 July 1936, Page 4
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194THE STATE THEATRE King Country Chronicle, Volume XXX, Issue 4872, 18 July 1936, Page 4
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