TOWN HALL PICTURES

Waikato Independent, Volume XXXI, Issue 2781, 28 November 1931, Page 5

TOWN HALL PICTURES

“LET US BE GAY." OUTSTANDING ATTRACTION'. As was demonstrated at last evening’s screening of “Let Us Be Gay," there can be little doubt that the Shit is an outstanding one from the point of view of the performances given, by Norma Shearer and Marie Dressier. The former, as a shrewd woman of the. world is well suited to the part and flirts with ail and sundry, who in any way are attractive to her. However, it is at a house party given by Mrs Boueicout (Miss. Dressier) that she comes upon her first stumbling block. Miss Dressier is seen as the gruff eccentric, bitingly sarcastic, yet very human old dowager, Mrs Boueicout-, and provides an excellent, foil for Miss Shearer.

Rod la Roeque portrays the role of Kitty’s (Miss Shearer) former husband who has been separated from his wife for a considerable period, and at one of the house parties falls in love with Mrs Boueicout’s grand-daughtor. How Sis affections are eventually transferred a clever manner makes an interesting and amusing theme that runs through the story, eventually culminating in asatisfactory climax.

There will be two matinee's this afternoon, one at 1 pan. and the second at 3 p.m. . : v ‘'‘Six Cylinder Love.” On Tuesday and Wednesday ”Sia Cylinder Love,” a Fox attraction, will be screened, the cast of which includes Spencer Tracy, Sidney Fox, William Collier, El Brendel, Una Merkel, Bert Roachc and William Holden. The story concerns the trials and tribulations of newly-weds, with a party of “Sponge ers,” which descends upon them.

Patrons arc asked to note that election results v.'ill he screened at the theatre during the programme as they come to hand.