KING’S TALKIES.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11391, 10 March 1930, Page 5

KING’S TALKIES.

“THE IDLE RICH”—AN ALL TALKIE.” “The Idle Rich,” taken from the famous stage play, “AVhite Collars.” playing this evening, is an alltalkie. Essentially a comedy, still Aletro-Goldwyn-Afayer’s all-talking filmisation of the great stage success is crammed with love interest, heart throbs and here and there a tense hit of drama, which William (le Alille, the director, has carefully woven into a one hundred per cent structure of pure entertainment. There’s no moral—nothing to teach —it’s just built to make audiences laugh a great deal, perhaps be interested i)i the love of a very charming young couple and maybe, too, shed a tear or heave a sigh at some little bit of poignant human interest. It's the story of the average life of the cliff dwellers of modern cities, their joys, romances, ideals and loves. It’s the story of all of ns. Conrad Nagel, who has to h’s credit many hits on the talking screen, plays the young millionaire, who marries his pretty stenographer and thus is thrown into the family, a stranger who has to win his way into their confidence. Leila Hymns is very pretty and extremely clever as the bride who can write shorthand but can’t hake biscuits, who can file correspondence hut doesn’t know how to make hash. Kdvthe Chapman and James Neill carry away the honours for character delineation. Tn addition, Gordon and Squires appear'in dialogue and songs. Keller s’sters and Lynch in three songs, and Phil .Spitnhnv’s hand. eight Chester Hale girls, Paul sisters in “Jumping Jack.” “Hungarian Rhapsody,” “Among Alv Souvenirs,” “Rainbow.” “Giggling Glinty,” “Keep Smiling” and “One step to Heaven,” all singing and dancing.