DUCHESS THEATRE
“THE SPORT OF KINGS.” Tho turf, with all its fun, trickery, colour and multitudes of human types, is the theme of the clever farce comedy at the Duchess Theatre. “The Sport of Kings” is the tale of a sanctimonious hater of betting, who falls into sin owing to the wiles of a couple of society punters who excite his pronounced cupidity. Leslie Henson is the puritan in question, who first lectures the household on tho wickedness of the turf (without being in the least away that they all “have a bit on” on the sly), and then drops headlong into the wickedness himself. To watch his decline and fall—his extraordinarily clever change from tho smug preacher against betting to the wild bettor and “bookie”—is to be present at a feast of first-class comedy. “The Sport of Kings” is British through and through, humour, setting, and characters. Its story is all alive and constantly on the move from scene to scene; and whether we agree or not on its theme that “everybody has a bit on sometimes,” we can all enjoy a picture which is a distinct credit to the British studios.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 243, 14 October 1931, Page 11
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193DUCHESS THEATRE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 243, 14 October 1931, Page 11
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