“SECOND BEST BED”
TOM WALLS IN PIQUANT BEN TRAVERS COMEDY ; “Second Best Bed.” written by Ben Travers in his most piquant style for ■ the popular English comedian, is a riotous marital comedy. Walls is seen . ia j a desirable batchelor who so far forgets himself as to criticise the foot- ‘ of a beautiful young contestant in a tennis tournament. Hitherto adi mired and pampered by all the males in the vicinity, the girl, brilliantly played by Jane Baxter, is swept off , her feet by the Walls cave man tactics - an( 3 marries him only to discover that i he has very decided ideas concerning a wife’s place in the home. The film unfolds its hilarious plot against the most varied backgrounds ranging from the tennis tournament where they first clashed in a luxurious hotel in Monte Carlo. Travers has written a modern version of “The Taming of the Shrew.” Even the title has been borrowed from Shakespeare—from his will. The clause reads “. . . and I leave unto my wife my second best bed.” The Travers translation plus the Tom Walls artistry provides hilarious entertainment.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 15 April 1939, Page 4
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183“SECOND BEST BED” Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 15 April 1939, Page 4
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