PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 106, 8 May 1933, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

“LOVE ON WHEELS.”

Jack Hulbert, of the Hapsburg jaw ■ and infectious smile, and the one and only Gordon Harker as the two chief fun-makers in “Love on Wheel,’* between them manage to transform the stock phrase “a riot of merriment,” into an apt description of this fast-mov-ing comedy, now showing at the Plaza. Hulbert enacts the role of a shop assistant who, as the firm’s professional scapegoat, is summarily dismissed whenever a disgruntled customer lodges a complaint. Out of business hours, however, the genial Jack is disclosed as a man of ambition and sentiment who aspires to become a window dresser and also the husband of a charming, yet rather aloof, goddess who patronises the omnibus which conveys her fervent but bashful admirer to and from the scene of his daily labours. Gordon Harker is the friendly bus conductor with a streak of sentiment, who takes a paternal interest in the budding love affair and prompts the laggard lover into action. With Jack Hulbert well in his stride anything is likely to happen, and the merriment which acompanies his adventures in love and business is a great tribute to his prowess as a comedian. Gordon Harker, as Hulbert’s aider and abettor, supplies most of the thickening for the plot, and when he dons evening clothes and joins in the hunt for the girl among the night clubs of London, -where the corks pop freely, the fun waxes fast and furious. Both the protagonists are well supported by a caste of surprising excellence and the musical number must be heard to be believed. As usual the supports are of a high standard. A sound magazine shows glimpses of overseas events, John McCofferby sings of Ireland against an Irish background, while the bright lights of .London and the fishing grounds of New Zealand are brought before the audience with all their attractiveness intensified by the camera. ’ Anyone who is loth to quit his warm fireside will find compensation awaitL ing him in the warm and fun-laden . atmosphere of the Plaza Theatre.