"ROMANCE FOR THREE"

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23094, 20 July 1938, Page 18

"ROMANCE FOR THREE"

COMEDY FOR THE REGENT A winter holiday resort in the Alps provides a picturesque background for the hilarious Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer comedy "Romance for Three," which will commence a season at the Regent Theatre on Friday. Frank Morgan, who will be remembered for his amusing performance in the enjoyable film "Beg, Borrow or Steal," cleverly portrays the role of a wealthy German tourist who succeeds in becoming involved in a series of amusing adventures. Ho is well supported by Florence Rice, who appears as his beautiful daughter, Robert Young, Edna May Oliver and Mary Astor. Herr Toblor (Morgan) is one of the winners in a competition which provides as the prize a holiday at a luxurious hotel m the Swiss Alps. Wishing to mingle with the poorer classes, Tobler sets out in old clothes for his holiday. His daughter, Hildo, warns the hotel to enter for a man who appears poor, but who is in reality a millionaire, and the hotel management concludes that Fritz Hagerdorn (Robert Young), another of the prize-winners is the wealthy German. While Hagerdorn is lavished with attention, Tobler is relegated to a (servant's room, where he proceeds'to thoroughly enjoy himself. He forces his butler to poso as a wealthy ship owner in order that he may influence Hagerdorn to accept a position in one of his businesses, the initler claiming to bo a friend of the famous Tobler. When Hildo arrives at the hotel to rescue her father from the indignities, which the butler has reported are being inflicted on his master, she meets Hngerdorn, and a romance develops between them. The film is finally brought to a satisfactory conclusion when they all meet again iji Berlin. Clever dialogue and amusing situations make this film a most entertaining comedy, all the players giving accomplished performances. The supporting cast includes Reginald Owen, Henry Hull and Herman Bing.