PLAZA THEATRE
FAREWELL TO “SLEEPING CAR.” Wanganui picturegoers who do not avail themselves of the opportunity of seeing “Sleeping Car” at the Plaza Theatre are depriving hemselves of a treat, for this all-British production has all that a good film requires. Ivor Novello and Madeline Carroll are the stars. The story m a happy, breezy one, centering round the famous trans-Contin mtal express. The hero is the attendant of the ladies’ sleeping car and his lo v e affairs woul.l fill a book. Until he meets his “last love,” the hero has little to he serious about in his other aff’ir When iie really falls in love, however, he finds how uphill and down dale the pathway becomes. Many piquant scenes develop, and there is much to laugh at as well as much to Jove as the storjunfolds. A marriage, which is to be strictly a formality, is arranged. But a marriage is a marriage, even though two signatures appear on a contract that bears words to the effect that it is a mere formality, aimed at getting over the law of the land. The bedroom scene on the night of the mariagc is very intriguing. When the lady makes attempts at keeping up appearances in front of the servants the trend of the picture becomes most amusing. Later, when she finds a fair damsel in her “formal’’ husband’s bed, the story rises tc a scream. This is really a deiighiful picture of that type which refreshes life. Ivor Novello is an ap pealing star, and is anty supported by Made cinc Carroll. Claude Allistcr is very amusing as the baron whose eyeglass is a definition of character. Everything has a gay Paris flavour about it. Tho supporting programme is an excellent one. “The Picture Snatchers.” The average person would coni Irde that picture-snatchers are people who make a practice of purloining gents from art galleries, but such is not the case, as may be seen from the attraction billed for the Plaza Theatre tomorrow. In this James Cagney and Ralph Bellamy show that “The Picture Snatcher” is the cameraman on the newspaper who must get his human interest touch with the camera. Patricia Ellis and Alice White support tho principals. “The Picture Snatchers” is a. Warner Brothers’ production.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 287, 5 December 1933, Page 10
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