CIVIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 111, 13 May 1931, Page 11

CIVIC THEATRE

I “THE DEVIL’S HOLIDAY'” Nancy Carroll, petite and charming Irish colleen, who captivated old and young with her comedienne parts in “Sweetie” and “Honey,” will be seen and heard in an entirely new type of screen portrayal when she comes to the Civic Theatre to-night and Thursday in Paramount’s “The [ Devil’s Holiday.” In this picture of modern life in the wheat-belt, Miss Carroll is the gold-digging manicurist who works hand-in-hand with plotting salesmen of farm implements in putting over their deals with unsuspecting farmer prospects. Much of the action takes place in a big hotel, the rendezvous for wealthy farmers and tricky city folk. The play is charged with dramatic scenes. Miss Carroll, as the central, starring figure, has to carry much of the highly explosive burden of acting. How she does it stamps her as an eminent genius in this_typo of role. wonderful personality. There are too few pictures like “Old English,” bringing with them a breath of the Old Land, of the sturdy independence of i the men who braved the seas.