“DAMAGED LIVES”

Taranaki Daily News, 23 February 1935, Page 20 (Supplement)

“DAMAGED LIVES”

SUPPLEMENTARY LECTURES. Dangerous and infectious diseases—sometimes called social diseases have been permitted to prey upon humanity. We have too long approached them in a concealing cloak of false modesty and prudery. Lack of knowledge concerning some of the most important facts of sex relationship has been responsible and is still responsible for an appalling dumber of shattered minds and wrecked bodies. It has remained for a talking picture, “Damaged Lives,” to drive home the necessity for wholesome education about this sinister menace. It combines an absorbing story of modem life with a frank indictment of the secrecy and mystery with which important facts of life are shrouded. In addition to the feature, there is presented a supplementary lecture by Dr. Gordon Bates. This eminent authority graphically, but with delicacy and reassurance, gives ust that knowledge and instruction to youth that every mother and father must some time or other have wished they had the courage and ability to impart to their children. Medical Professors throughout the world have described “Damaged Lives” as a picture that everyone should be compelled to see. It will be screened at the Plaza Theatre, Stratford, next Thursday and Friday, with a matinee both days. “MERRY WIVES OF RENO” STORY OF DIVORCE COLONY. The “Merry Wives of Reno,” the Warner Bros, picture that gives a humorous slant on the doings in the world’s famous divorce colony, is the feature attraction that starts at the King’s Theatre, Stratford, next Thursday. Margaret Lindsay, Glenda Farrell and Ruth Donnelly’ are the three merry wives who romp to Reno, Miss Lindsay and Miss Donnelly to seek divorces and Miss Farrell to find a new world of men to flirt with. Donald Woods, Guy Kibbee and Hugh Herbert are the three husbands involved, the former two framing their wives into a compromising situation with the latter, Woods with the idea, of effecting a reconciliation with the bride and Kibbee of reducing his .wife’s demands for alimony. The mix-ups involved in these marital scandals . are said to be hilarious enough to turn a judge’s hair grey and. set a court room roaring with" laughter. #*’ * • Reginald Denny, ex-cowboy, rancher, boxing enthusiast and aeroplane devotee, cannot bear to watch a film sequence shot in which: a fast automobile is used. Several years ago, he played in a film in which he and the leading lady were required to view of the camera at a good “lick. The girl was at the wheel of the car. The director called “turn them over” and Denny and the girl went through a brick wall. He suffered a fractured skulL .■■■"'•