Thought-Provocative Comedy At Plaza

Northern Advocate, 26 February 1940, Page 8

Thought-Provocative Comedy At Plaza

Amusements

Wherever it has been shown, the film version of the Broadway stage “hit,” “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” which came to the Plaza on Saturday night, has created tremendous interest, because of its daring theme. This, in a nutshell, is the idea round which the play (and the film) evolve: Once upon a time there was a girl (Priscilla Lane), who wanted to run aWay with a certain young man (Jeffrey Lynn). Which worried her papa (lan Hunter), very much. But mama (Fay Bainter), only said, “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” because she had had a sweetheart, too, years before—-a poet (Roland Young). And much-married Aunt Connie (Genevieve Tobin) had had her fling. And so had grandma (May Robson). Daughter’s young man, however, doesn’t approve of the family’s approval and almost gives them all the slip, until grandma intervenes with some good advice to grand-daughter on how to land a man. “Yes, My Darling Daughter” is not one of those entertainments dismissed from the mind with the fall of the final curtain. .It will long be laughed over and discussed. Supports are topical and of high quality.