SOCIETY COMEDY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 494, 1 July 1932, Page 3

SOCIETY COMEDY.

“ Careless Lady ” is New Joan Bennett Film. “After To-morrow” (with Charles Farrell and Marian Nixon) and supporting programme will be shown at the Crystal Palace Theatre for the last time to-night. “ Careless Lady,” starring Joan Bennett and John Boles is the new Fox society comedy which commences at the Crystal Palace Theatre to-morrow. !• or the first time in several screen appearances John Boles has a chance to use his splendid tenor voice, and this is said to enhance his very fine oerformance in the male lead. “Careless Lady has nothing of the slanst about it, but it maintains a steady flow 2JL IS t U ?J? S through clever situations and brilliant dialogue. ' 'f>ie story deals with the plight of Sally Brown (Joan Bennett) a smalltown girl who craves adoration instead of patronage from the local boys. Outclassed by her cousin who returns from Paria with beautiful gowns and an intriguing reputation, Sallv decides to acquire a knowledge of the world and sets forth to conquer. In New York she visits a speakeasy, is arrested in a. raid, and through the accident of being mistaken for the wife of a wellknown man. is dismissed in court. This accident gives her the idea of going •abroad as a Mrs instead of a Miss because of the greater -advantages in having a matrimonial status. So Saliv takes the name of “Mrs Stephen Illlngton and departs for the Rue de ia Paix, where her money makes her a sensation. Unfortunately, however, Mr Jinngton (John Boles) also makes a Y? ai } }° F arls and is intrigued to find that he has a “wife.” Sally is dismayed, and when her new “ husband ” rescues her from an adventurer, she flees hastily back home for peace and quiet, only to find that her “ marriage *’ has been reported. Desperate.lv inventing a quarrel and a separation to account for the bridegroom’s absence Sally is further amazed to find that he has followed ner—under an alias. The complications that ensue lead to a swift climax.