DRAMATIC TRIUMPH.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 543, 27 August 1932, Page 21 (Supplement)

DRAMATIC TRIUMPH.

Clive Brook at his Best in “ Husband’s Holiday.” We have had divorce pictures before, and, one by one, they have passed by—- “ Husband’s Holiday,” which is now at the Theatre Royal, is of the divorce type, but there is something in the picture’s make-up which lifts it out of the ruck, and places it among good films of the year. Clive Brook has a certain ease on the screen, and his portrayals are so convincing that it might well be said that merely seeing his name on tire poster ensures a good picture. His speech is always charming, clear and distinct. His role in this picture suits him well. He forsakes his wife, but he cannot leave his children. He shows a certain amount of stupidity in leaving his wife, but he has the sense to see that his future happiness is wrapped up in his children, and. most of all, his wife. Vivienne Osborne plays the sympathetic character of Brook’s harassed wife. Charlie Rugglos is seen as the henpecked- husband, afraid of his mother-in-law, hut it is his privilege to get in many sly digs at his mother-in-law, digs which the audience fully appreciates. There is a good supporting programme.