"MILLIE” FOR PLAZA.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 143, 18 June 1931, Page 3

"MILLIE” FOR PLAZA.

ns of Money * will be screened at the Plaza for the last time to-night. aow and again there comes a really great picture. and it happens that Millie, which opens at the Plaza tomorrow, has every prospect of being one of the truly great pictures of 1931. This will not be achieved through any exces- ; sive lavishness or expense in the production, but purely through the power and strength of its story, and also because of the superb performances of a capable cast. The story is the bestselling novel of last year, written by Donald Henderson Clark, and for sheer drama it would be hard to beat. “ Millie” is a high school girl in the opening stages of the picture, who marries a wealthy city man. She thrives on the gaiety and life of the city, and finds much happiness with her small daughter, until she discovers that her husband’s love for her has died and he has become entangled with other women In securing her divorce she makes a big sacrifice and leaves her child to be brought up in the wealth and surroundings that only her husband can provide Millie goes away and seeks always to maintain her independence. It is said that no other moment on the screen has ever provided such poignant and tragically thrilling drama as that when Millie shoots down the man who would have betrayed her child. This is the manner in which the mother and daughter are brought together after their years of separation, and from this the film leads on to a climax described as being without parallel in motion pictures, and comparable only to the last tragic scene in “Madame X.” That “Millie” is not without its lighter moments can be judged by the names of the cast, some of whom could not possibly appear unless to provide a humorous side to the play. I-lelen Twelvetrees is Millie, and she is supported by Lilvan Tashman, Robert Ames, John Halliday, Anita Louise and James Hall.