Explain How You Came by That Bag!

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 754, 6 May 1933, Page 24 (Supplement)

Explain How You Came by That Bag!

SPARKLING COMEDY. Outstanding Cast in “ Money Means Nothing.” An outstanding cast of British players portray the leading roles in “ Money Means Nothing,” the sparkling comedy which heads the current programme at the Crystal Palace Theatre. Tiie plot of this splendid talking picture is based on the English worship of family tradition, the sort of tradition that keeps the old family valet, who has inherited £20,000,000, still faithful t?o “ the young master.” The young master is John Loder, who takes the part of Egbert, 27th Earl of Massingham, penniless and useless, but still an elegant ornament of society. His valet, Faringay, is played by Gibb M’Laughlin, who keeps up the role delightfully. When Faringay learns that he has inherited a fortune that makes him one of the wealthiest men in the world, he refuses to resign his position. “ A Faringay has attended the Massinghams for hundreds of years. It is a tradition. You cannot alter a tradition with a pocketful of money,” he tells the pompous old lawyer, Sir Percival Puttock, who is one of the most delightful characters in the whole story. The penurious earl, who has been living on what Faringay could lend him, finds his valet able to advance all the pocket money he wants, Faringay telling him that it is the result of a successful ” flutter ” on the turf. The lawyer, however, strongly objects to the arrangement, and hatches a plot with Faringay to marry the earl to Faringay’s daughter. The two mteet and fall in love, but the romance is nipped in the bud bv the girl’s discovery of the fact that tfie earl is engaged to a chorus girl. But that is not the end of the story, for may startling and highly amusing complications follow which must be seen to be appreciated. Box plans at The Bristol.