CIVIC THEATRE SHOWS AN EXCELLENT DRAMA.
Miss Gloria Swanson has had the reception expected from her premiere talkie appearance in Christchurch. It was only to be expected that, as time goes on, talking pictures would improve in their technique, and Miss Swanson's triumphant entry into the Civic Theatre on Friday last has confirmed that expectation. The story is one of real life, and it unfolds with amazing rapidity and clearness. Marion Donnell is a typiste; she elopes and marries the son of a multi-millionaire; the father steps in with disastrous results, and she leaves her husband. Time passes, and the audience is carried to a tenement with Marion and her baby boy in dire poverty—and then comes the breakdown. Time again passes rapidly, and she is seen in luxurious surroundings, singing beautifully, acting the hostess with the ease and grace of a society lady. Then the sz;a.ih—return to her typing. And the reconciliation. Undoubtedly a great picture.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18960, 6 January 1930, Page 7
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