Beverly Roberts And Patric Knowles

Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 96, 26 April 1939, Page 11

Beverly Roberts And Patric Knowles

CO-STARRED IN “EXPENSIVE HUSBANDS” (Meteor: Now screening.) Beverly Roberts and Patric Knowles are co-starred in the romantic comedy called “Expensive Husbands. ’ * Both are well-known in their own rights—Beverly as the leading lady of the successful Technicolour romance, “God’s Country and the Woman,” and Pat as Errol Flynn’s younger brother in the big spectacle, “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” As a team they are said to be altogether excellent. Many scenes of Hollywood’s life, and many, again, of luxurious sports in the Old World are said to be presented on the screen in “Expensive Husbands.”! The story is about a movie actress who, through no fault of her own, is j sliding downward into the has-been class. She figures that the best possible publicity she could obtain to bring her back into the limelight and the affections of her fans would be to get a titled husband. This is Beverly’s part. Bo she goes to Europe, brazenly offers to buy a titled husband for £2,000, aud thereupon gets into a series of amusing, though romantic episodes with a young Prince disguised as a waiter. This, of course, is Patric Knowles. With the title, *»he returns to Hollywood and resumes her rightful place as a great