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"WHY LEAVE HOME?" IS EXCELLENT COMEDY.

With “Why Leave Home?” as the star attraction for the week, the Liberty Theatre cannot but'be well patronised. The picture provides the audience with gay scenes, rollicking and never-fail-ing comedy, and a few musical interludes of a light nature, which are of the very best kind. The story is sim* pie in itself, and its real merits lies in the scope it opens up for mirth. The main fun-maker of the evening is Walter Cartlett, as one of the husbands. and another great comedian in the piece is David Rollins, who plays as one of the boys. Sue Carol is a winsome little heroine, while Nick Stuart plays admirably opposite her. The second feature is “The Climax.” a drama of musical life, in which a young and promising soprano (Kathryn Crawford) is taken to Milan from America to have her voice trained by a maestro, and falls in love with his son. A doctor also falls in love with the girl, and, after an operation on her throat, deliberately kills her singing voices with -a corrosive spray on the throat. In the end, of course, her voice comes back, and she marries Pietro. Previous to the feature pictures, there is an excellent news reel, the most noteworthy event portrayed in which is the advent of Mr Ramsay MacDonald in America. Taken all round, the programme is an excellent one, and, indeed, “Why Leave Home?” is a programme in itself.

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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19035, 2 April 1930, Page 7

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"WHY LEAVE HOME?" IS EXCELLENT COMEDY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19035, 2 April 1930, Page 7

"WHY LEAVE HOME?" IS EXCELLENT COMEDY. Star (Christchurch), Issue 19035, 2 April 1930, Page 7