Tivoli

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6839, 21 April 1932, Page 3

Tivoli

‘■THE MAN IN POSSESSION” It costs just as much to be an English butler as it does to be an admiral in the Navy, at least as far as uniforms go, according to Robert Montgomerv. In “The Man in Possession Montgomery plays the part of a British blade who impersonates a butler in the homo of a dashing young widow. For the role ho sought- advice about wardrobe needs from the Metro-Goldwyn-Maycr research department. To Montgomerv’s astonishment he learned that the well-dressed English butler must have five complete changes of uniform. For morning wear he has a severe frock coat with a striped vest. Then there is the afternoon uniform, with brass buttons, standing collar, four-in-hand black tic and high-cut vest. For evening he. wears a uniform tailored in Navy-full-dress style with low vest, wing collar and black bow tie. In addition he must also have an informal uniform with sleeved vest, for working about the house, and a wkite-coatcd outfit for bachelor service or stag dinners. Irene Purcell plays opposite Montgomery the widow and Charlotte Greenwood heads the supporting cast, which includes 0. Aubrey Smith, Borvl Mercer. Reginald Owen and Alan Mowbray. The screening for to-morrow will be I “Father’s Son,” starring Lewis Stone, Irene Rich and Leon Tanncy.