WAIPAWA THEATRE

Waipawa Mail, Volume L, Issue 156, 6 September 1929, Page 2

WAIPAWA THEATRE

TO-MORROW NIGHT—“HIS HOUSE IN ORDER.” This drama, which was first produced at the Bt. James Theatre with Sir George Alexander and Irene Vanbrugh in the leading parts, ran for over four hundred performances, and became so much the vogue that it has become a sort of familiar popular saying. In its film rendering it lias also attracted a lot of attention, partly on account of its story and partly because it marks the debut on the screen of the talented actress Tallulah Bankhead. The play is a scathing and dramatic exposure of wifely, or unwifely, deception, and men’s blind infatuation—with a plea, too, for the bright and light-hearted wife, who wears her heart on her sleeve but is none the less honest and reliable for all that. “His House in Order” was written by England’s premier dramatist, Sir Arthur Pinero. Tt is full of that deft cratsmanship for which he is famous, while the acting of Tallulah Bankhead —who is supported by lan Hunter (of “The Ring” fame, shortly to he seen here), and a distinguished east—is marked by all the piquant individuality which has given that great actress her foremost place on the stage. Also showing is the Fox film six-reel comedy drama, “Ankles Preferred,” starring the popular Madge Bellamy, J. Farrell MacDonald, Barry Norton and Lawrence Grey. A picture that combines ali the laughs of “Colleen” and all the thrills and spills of “Very Confidential.” A two-reel comedy of London’s waterfront happenings, entitled “Raising the Wind” and latest Gaumont and Ovcerseas News reels I orms the balance of the programme. Usual prices.