AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 317, 30 September 1940, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

‘YES, MY DARLING DAUGHTER’ Boasting one of the greatest comedy casts ever assembled, “Yes, My Darling Daughter,” the Warner Bros, screen adaptation of the successful New York stage comedy of the same title, will open to-morrow at the Regent Theatre. In the romantic leads are thoso two charming youngsters, Priscilla Lane and Jeffrey Lynn, who wero such a heart-warming pair of young lovers in the memorable, hour Daughters.” Priscilla and Jeffrey, ..ran away to be alone together. Everyone in Priscilla’s household except her father, who isn’t at home, finds out about the youngsters’ intentions. Priscilla’s mother, played by Fay Bainter, is a writer who for years has been dashing off books containing very “liberal” ideas on such matters. Nevertheless she’s shocked. So is her literary agent, played by Roland Young, who Granny suspects was Miss Bainter s lover during youthful years. Mama’s own arguments against hasty marriage are ruthlessly thrown at her by Priscilla, who points out that Jeffery is to leave for Belgium in a couple of days, and mama reluctantly gives her consent to her daughter’s running away ideas. Soon after the youngsters leave, papa, played by lan Hunter, returns home, and, being a banker who has never had any advanced ideas, he is furious when he hears about what his daughter intends to do. He dashes to his car and sets out after Priscilla and Jeffrey v.th dire things in mind.

In other cars, everyone else but Granny sets out to warn the young couple, but neither papa nor anyone of the others ever get to the mountain rendezvous. Granny, even though she’s sitting at home, attends to that.

Meanwhile, the youngsters, alone at last, and very embarrassed, decided it would really be much more sophisticated if they returned as though nothing extraordinary had happened. They return to Priscilla s home as unsullied a s when they left. Here, Jeffery learns that the whole family knew of his and Priscilla’s plan, and he is so shocked and indignant that he tells them he wants to have nothing more to do with such a family. He walks out; he’s on his way to Belgium.

Priscilla, however, decides that a hasty marriage is better than no Jeffery and she’s waiting in his cabin with a marriage license when he reaches the boat.