“ LADDIE.”

Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20649, 25 June 1935, Page 14

“ LADDIE.”

World-Famous Book Brought to Screen. Warner Baxter and Mvma Loy make a fine romantic team in “ Broadway Bill.” which is now well into the second week of its popular season at the Mayfair Theatre. It is a story of a nomad who throws away a life of luxury for the love of a horse and. incidentally. a girl. Excellent shorts are also screened. Laddie,” the talking screen version <>f Gene Stratton-Porter’s world-famous novel, will head the new programme at the Mayfair Theatre on Friday. This charming production was made by the RKO-Radio Studios, which gave filmgoers “ Little Women.” Filled with the same charm that made the book the favourite of an estimated 40.000,000 readers, and possessed of the same dramatic qualities, “ Laddie ” is played by an outstanding cast headed by John Beal, who rose to fame through his work opposite Katharine Hepburn in “ The Little Minister,” and by Gloria Stuart, who is not only beautiful, but also a brilliant actress This glamorous romance of the Indiana youth who loves the English nobleman’s daughter, but finds he has to battle the barriers of caste and wealth to win her for his own, is said to make a delightful picture. In addition to having one of the most celebrated of all the great loves of fiction, it has fine comedy sequences, and its emotional elements are sincere and realistic. Surrounding John Beal and Gloria Stuart are such sterling performers as Charlotte Henry (of “Alice in Wonderland” fame), Virginia Weidler, Gloria Shea, Dorothy Peterson, Donald Crisp, Willard Robertson, Greta Meyer, Jimmy Butler and Grady Sutton. Bo* plans at the D.I.C.