CIVIC

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1077, 15 September 1930, Page 13

CIVIC

“SO THIS IS LONDON” One of the most entertaining audible pictures of the past season was “They Had to See Paris,” Will Rogers’s first starring picture for Fox Movietone. When Rogers started production on his second “So This is London,” it is said that Fox executives expressed the •opinion that his second picture would be as entertaining as his first. The second was “So This is London,” now showing at the Civic Theatre, and the consensus of opinion is that it has far surpasesd the first production. Based on the successful stage play of the same title produced a decade ago by George M. Cohan, the screen version is far more entertaining than the stage play. Rogers is perfect in his portrayal of a wealthy owner of a cotton mill in Texas. He has decided views regarding the English, but when he is compelled to go to London on business he finds that many Britons have exaggerated ideas of Americans. How this little thing is ironed out, and peace reigns, and also a better understanding, is delightfully enacted on the sereen. Irene Rich as Rogers’ wife, and Frank Albertson as his son, and Maureen O’Sullivan, who made her first screen appearance in “Song o’ My Heart,” are prominent in featured roles with Lumsden Hare, Mary Forbes, Bramwell Fletcher, Dorothy Christy, and others in decidedly important roles. The entertaining supporting programme includes two sound gazettes and a horoscope for people born in February.