STATE THEATRE.
“FOREIGN AFFAIRES.”
Walls-Lynn pictures have been renowned for amusing situations, but surely nothing has ever exceeded the absurdities of the French Assize Court trying the two for theft in “Foreign Affaires,” a Gaumont-British picture showing at the State Theatre to-day at 2.15 and 7.45 p.m. They are bewildered by the whole proceedings. Ignorant of the language, unfamiliar with Criminal Court procedure, they writhe under the restraint. Saddled with an interpreter who adds to the confusion, Capt. the Hon. Archibald Gore (Tom Walls) and Jefferson Darby (Ralph Lynn) listen impatiently to the gabble. The only thing that is at all clear to them is that they are prisoners and the Captain passes rude remarks which the Court understands! Everything is growing very black when a truthful witness tells the real story. Even she is misled by the attitude of the Court, and ffengs a rep-roach. Did the Court know that it was being decided? That was enough! The ease quickly finished, and the prisoners acquitted. An added attraction is the British Air Ministrys epic of the Royal Air Force. Reserves at F. J. Adcock’s, ’phone 1275.
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Wairarapa Age, 23 May 1936, Page 2
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187STATE THEATRE. Wairarapa Age, 23 May 1936, Page 2
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