“WHY LEAVE HOME?” IS FINE MUSICAL COMEDY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19030, 27 March 1930, Page 7

“WHY LEAVE HOME?” IS FINE MUSICAL COMEDY.

Were in Christchurch there has been t” e stage play, and the silent film plav of “Cradle Snatchers,” and the new n J* screen was quick to realise the potential virtues of “Cradle Snatchers” a rea -Hy fast-moving and w 25« rn «£ ed • ni usieal-comedy version. Hence the picture. “Why Leave Home?” o be Presented at Liberty Thea*f® n ext week, in which the twelve p £♦v. lpal p^ple * ran fTed into four groups 2 — three husbands (about forty?J®>* th . r ? e wives (about forty-four), three girls (about twenty-two) three BEL th^ abo ™ twen iy-three)'—in which, then these twelve people, are finite merrily acted by the pick of the presentyti^ Cre if n ‘ ,Sue Carol . as the leader i * i he ® hbr,is Kiris. Jed Prouty, as the leader of the duck-shooters, Ethel Wales. o s L£ he J?- a<3er c,f th « angry wives, and avr h «l^*, Iveen t’w as Jc * ?e « a Spanish youth, are perhaps the most araucin”- of tlm whok company. The story, of course is nOWn * one all abr, ut alibis, pmexcuses, reprimands, m arfights, and general indignation, when, towards the end of this light-hearted and frivolous comedy of modern manners and morals, the twelve people are all present in the mountain cabaret, hut ar ® !}?.’; accounted for. “Why Leave Home. is claimed to be far and away the funniest talking comedv yet made. Also, Sue Carol introduces into it a new dance, “Doing the Boom-Boom “ and sings a catchy song. “Look What You’ve Done to Me. It will be necessary to hook at The Bristol Piano Company where the box plans are now open.