Cosy Theatre, Woodville

Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 100, 29 April 1941, Page 4

Cosy Theatre, Woodville

4 ‘YES, MY DARUNG DAUGHTER’' Boasting one of the greatest comedy casts ever assembled, “Yes, My Darling Daughter," the Warner Bros, screen adaptation of the successful Now York stage comedy of the same title, screens at the Cosy Theatre to-night and to-morrow. In the romantic leads Rro those two charming youngsters, Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn, who were such a heart-warming pair of young lovers in the memorable “Four Daughters." Their romance again travels a rocky road, but this time there is no tragedy about it. In fact, it’s the nucleus out of which nil the amusing complications of the hilarious story evolve. The more mature members of the cast have the delightful task of furnishing most oT the laughs, and a mere recital of their nnmes is sufficient guarantee that this task is well performed, for they include such •prist masters of the art of comedy as Roland Young, May Robson, Fay Bainter, Genevieve Tobin and lan Hunter. The story is actually a satire on people who have “advanced" views on mar: riage. Two such are Priscilla and Jeffrey, who plan to run away to bo alone together. Everyone in Priscilla's household except her father, who is not at home, finds out about the youngsters’ intentions. Priscilla's mother, played by Fay Bain ter, is a writer who for years has been dashing off books containing very “liberal" ideas on such matters. Nevertheless she is shocked. So is her literary agent, played by Roland Young, who Granny shrewdly suspects was Miss Baintcr’s lover during youthful years. However, everything turns out all right and the young couple aro able to marry in the ortho-' dox manner after all.