THE LYCEUM

Manawatu Times, Volume XLIX, Issue 3497, 5 November 1926, Page 2

THE LYCEUM

Now comes a photoplay telling a new story and having a new plot. Its “Watch Tour Wife,” Universal-Jewel ■co-starring Virginia Valll. . and. Pat O’Malley how the 'attraction 'at the Lyceum Theatre for this week-end. commencing to-night. “Watch Tour Wife,’ 'tells the story Of a young mar- s ried couple and the potty quarrels that continually menace-their happiness. The husband is an author wha forgets his wife in his, work. The wife seeking affection, is continually at hla elbow trying to help him along in hla work. The climax to their quarrels comes in a disagreement over theway a musical number went they heard at the threatre. A divorce follows. ; Tha husband seeks happiness in a feminine companion rented‘from a social service bureau; the wife falls into the clutches of a former admirer —& foreign fortune hunter. Out of this comes the comedy and the plot. Virginia Valii as the wife, marks her return to the American screen after an absence abroad, by a splendid characterisation of the wife who demands everything of her husband. Miss Valli’s work is certain to please her large army Of admirers. Her feminine friends will be especially pleased with the gqwna she wears in this production. Pat O’Malley whether it be as the husband-author engrossed in; his work, or the ex-husband stepping out with his "rented' wife," again gives a display of the versatility that has made him a star of. th* screen. " .