"Church Mouse” Was Famous Stage Play
LAURA LA PLANTE RETURNS TO SILVERSHEET
(Kosy: Screening Wednesday Next.)
‘‘Church Mouse” Is based on a play which kept New York laughing for many months last season. The instantaneous success of “The enureft mouse” soon nad movie producers bidding for the screen rights.
Warner Bros., realising that the story fitted perfectly with the personality and ability of Laura la Plante, outbid aIL other companies, and “The Church Mouse” was put into immediate production.
Miss La rianfe plays the role of an efficient but unattractive secretary to lan Hunter, for whom she has a deep admiration. But not until- she learns all about the Love Methods of a Modern Girl docs she wiu the eye and the heart of Mr Hunter. How sho accomplishes this end forms the basis of the story.
Edward Chapman's dry whimsies make a delightful contribution to the general gaiety of the theme. Sex appeal is supplied in large doses by Jane Carr, and others in the cast are Monty ‘Banks, Clifford Heatherley, John Batten, and Gibb McLaughlin.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 60, Issue 54, 6 March 1935, Page 5
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