TWO GLORIOUS PERSONALITIES.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13171, 1 February 1936, Page 5

TWO GLORIOUS PERSONALITIES.

CO-STAR IN “AFTER OFFICE HOURS.”

Clark Gable a.nd Constance Bennett are co-starred for the first time in “Alter Office .Hours, 77 the new Aletro-Goldwyn-Alayer • production which shows at the King’s Theatre to-day. matinee and evening. Both ranking stars and both equally adept at dramatic and light comedy characterizations, the team’s initial appearance is being launched with great enthusiasm. In a lusty comedy-drama of New York society, the press and a murder, Gable is cast a s Branch, managing editor who* always gets his story though it may mean resorting to the methods of the Northwest Alountcd.

C onstance Bennett is Sharon, tin* publisher’s socialite niece and Branch's society reporter. Rich, smart and independent, it is the kind of role on which the star lias built her fame. Alternating betewen Park Avenue Park Row and a boathouse on Long Island Sound, where the murder is committed, the story deals with tli3 attempt of the managing editor to uproot an imminent society scandal. He uses his socialite reporter as a wedge to enter forbidden sanctums, until she scents the rr.se and rebels. When the scandal turns into a murder story, realistic drama enters.

A supporting programme of outstanding merit includes Latest Cinesound Review; Alctrotone News; “Donkey Baseball” (Oddity with Pete Smith) : One* Horse Farmers (Thelma. Todd-—Patsy Kelly Comedy) ; “Gypsy Night” (Musical Revue in Colours) .