ARLISS CLASSIC.

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20312, 23 May 1934, Page 3

ARLISS CLASSIC.

Drama and Comedy for Theatre Royal. “ The Lottery Bride ” and “ Bedside ” will be shown finally on Friday night at the Theatre Royal. George Arliss, greatest character actor of the day, will return to the Theatre Royal on Saturday in “ Alexander Hamilton.” “Hi, Nellie! ” a newspaper story, starring Paul Muni, will be screened in support of this great production. Writing of “ Alexander Hamilton,” Seton Margrave, film critic of the London “ Daily Mail.” said: “ I feel sure that all filmgoers Avho appreciated ‘ Disraeli ’ AAfill enjoy 4 Alexander Hamilton.’ in which we have a pageant of historical personages and, at the same time, a drama in which there is emotional substance added to pictorial beauty, and a perfect performance by George Arliss, who in Doris Kenyon finds his leading lady.” “Hi, Nellie! ” starring Paul Muni, is a newspaper story that is “ different.” For the first time in his motion-picture career, Muni essays comedy, in a fast action picture that combines thrills and hilarious laughter. Glenda Farrell, in her first assignment as a “ straight ” leading woman on the screen, is seen opposite Muni. She plays a girl reporter whose long feud with the ace newspaperman ends in romance. Other well-known players in the cast are Ned Sparks, playing a “ dead pan ” reporter: Donald Meek, as a fifty-year-old office boy; Edward Ellis, Kathryn SergaA*a, Berton Churchill, Dorothy Le Baire, Douglas Dumbrille, Robert Barrat, Hobart CaA*anaugh and George Meeker. Box plans at the D.I.C.