AMUSEMENTS

Te Aroha News, Volume XLI, Issue 6601, 19 May 1925, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

THEATRE ROYAL PICTURES “THE FAST WORKER” ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT “Two heads are better than one,” president Carl Laemmle of Universal Pictures quoted recently. “Therefore,” he explained, “two stars are better than one—at certain times, provided the story is big enough to give them each the opportunities of his or her temperament.” As a result, Reginald Denny, the amiable athletic former operatic star, and charming young Laura La Plante, the most recent Universal stellar find, were cast together in even bigger roles than they played last winter in “Sporting Youth.” This combination made such a big hit with the public at large, as the letters from readers of Carl Laemmle’s Saturday Evening Post article attested, as well as the enthusiasm shown by the critics, that Laemmle suggested to his production executives to seek a story which would fully embrace the abilities, of a Denny-La Plante combination. The best of orders will not always bring immediate results in obtaining the much needed story for many reasons. Then it was that some one suggested George Barr McCutcheon’s “The Husbands of Edith.” Half a dozen copies were submitted, and the next day, when half a dozen reports were submitted, director William B. Seiter, who made “The Law Forbids,” with Baby Peggy, was immediately selected to direct the Denny-La Plante future production under the title of “The Fast Worker.” Manager Billing, of the Theatre Royal, booked this Universal Jewel, and will give it the first local production next Wednesday at the Theatre Royal.