“I LIVE MY LIFE.”

Putaruru Press, Volume XV, Issue 767, 10 March 1938, Page 5

“I LIVE MY LIFE.”

ATTRACTION FOR CIVIC Screening rights for the best of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio’s output have been secured by the Civic Theatre, Putaruru, for the coming year. The first to be shown will be Joan Crawford’s starring vehicle, “I Live My Life,” which should please her host of admirers and make many new ones. Brian Aherne, the English actor who played opposite Helen Hayes in “ What Every Woman Knows,” is Joan Crawford’s leading

man in the virile role of a hard-boiled archaeologist who falls in love with a society girl. Frank Morgan appears as Joan Crawford’s father in a role similar to the one he played in “ Naughty Marietta.” Eric Blore, the eccentric waiter of “ Gay Divorcee,” is the omnipresent butler in the new picture. Also in the giant cast line-up are Jessie Ralph and Arthur Treacher. The picture deals with the romance of a sophisticated debutante and a horny-handed young archaeologist. The drama hinges on his efforts to live a skyscraper life in New York in order to be near the girl he loves, and its eventual effect upon him. The locale of the picture shifts between the exotic Greek island of Naxos, where the lovers meet, New York City, and a Connecticut estate. Lavish settings are up to the recognised standard of art director Cedric Gibbons. Adrian, the famous dress designer, has designed more than a dozen striking new ensembles, worn as only Joan Crawford can wear them. MID-WEEK PROGRAMME High-class screen fare has been secured for the Civic’s mid-week programme. The main feature will be “ Aren’t Men Beasts? ”, a snappy fast-moving hilarious comedy in which Robertson Hare and June Clyde take the leading roles. Robertson Hare is seen in his funniest role to date, as a little dentist who, through no fault of his own, finds himself involved in a scandal with a beautiful mysterious foreign lady. Alfred Drayton is co-starred with Hare, and together they prove to be the funniest comedy team since Stan Laurel met Oliver Hardy. Hare, long recognised as one of the screen’s leading comics, has found in Drayton his ideal screen partner. Imagine the limitless laughs when Billy Milton, as Hare’s son, has to establish a lady’s identity by means of a mole. Unfortunately for Billy there are three ladies in,the case, and which one has the mole, and where, he could not remember. And he has to find out. Supporting this film are short features of a high entertainment value that cannot fail to please.