“WEDDING REHEARSAL.”
ROLAND YOUNG IN ENGLISH COMEDY. ar Y 1 some exquisite sets in \\ eddirig Rehearsal,” a new Ideal picture, directed by Alexander Korc,aj which will be showing to-nifht at the King’s Theatre. Ql special note are vhe scenes depiction the dress rehearsal of a smart society wedding. The wedding L between che beautiful and .famous “Jloxbinry Twins/’ played by Joan Gardner and VV en-]\ Barrie, and their two fiancees played by John Loder and Maurice Evans. The wedding has been skilfully engineered by The Marquis of Buckminster (delightfully portrayed by Boland Young). Young plays the part of a Guards officer whose hobby is the difficult art of remaining a bachelor. Ever ready to act as Lest man at all nis friends’ weddings, he is remarkably astute at Fvoiduirr being led to the altar himself. When his strong-will-ed grandmother, played by Kate Cutler, decrees that lie is to marry within a year and hands him a list cf
‘ ‘possibles,” the situation develops into one of spontaneous gaiety. The wedding rehearsal of the “Roxbury Twins” is one of the most bHlliant and spectacular scenes ever taken for a British film, and is an accurate representation of the hall and staircase of a stately country mansion. J’o the strains of the “Wedding March,” played on the organ by Bolancl Young, the young bndes-to-be march up tlie terrace and into the hall, followed by twelve beautiful bridesmaids, dressed in exclusively designed costumes in soft shades of pink and blue. Two of the little pages, in nursery rhyme costume:. are the charming little Cory-Wright twins, grandchildren of Lady Tree who play» an important role in the picture. Sfr strikingly realistic are these scenesthat they will he long, remembered by those who see them. “Wedding Behearsal” is one of the most sparkling:, witty and beautiful productions yet made in an English film studio. In support will he shown .• Fox News, t Universal News, Silly Symphony* cartoon “Bears and .Bees/’ travelogue “Under the tropical sun o 4 ' .Java,” and short subject “Nature’s quick-change artistes.”
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12440, 5 September 1933, Page 5
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