FINE BRITISH TALKIE.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 301, 19 December 1931, Page 25 (Supplement)

FINE BRITISH TALKIE.

“My Wife’s Family,” the British talkie which will run for another week at Everybody’s, is pure farce. It could not be anything felse and still retain its mirth-provoking situations, for, after all, clever farce is the most amusing fare of all. Not the least satisfying part of the film is the sparkling repartee. Jack Gay is the central figure of the piece,

and probably it is he who dominates the film. Just settling down to a life of matrimonial bliss, Jack has a rude awakening from his dream when his charming wife, Peggy, receives an ominously-worded telegram announcing the projected arrival of her mother on a “brief” visit of a few months. Deciding to conceal his dislike of mother. Jack comes to the conclusion that he will endeavour to gain a better understanding with her. Unfortunately, he hops off on the wrong foot when he misses his

“ in-law’s ” train and she is forced to secure a taxi. But that’s not all. Mother gets scent of an intrigue which simply doesn’t exist, and the way she develops her plot 1s not a. little discomforting to the absolutely innocent Jack. Mother is one of those persons who live for and lovte a scandal, even if it be only fictitious. So it takes little imagination to realise her intense satisfaction when she discovers the presence of an unknown baby in the house.