PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 148, 26 June 1934, Page 10

PLAZA THEATRE

“MORNING GLORY.” Claimed to be Katherine Hepburn’s best picture, “Morning Glory,” which shows finally to-day at the Plaza Theatre, had made a profound impression on those who witnessed its initial screening. Although locally Miss Hepburn has been seen in only one or two other pictures, her reputation has preceded her, and “Morning Glory” is but another proof that there is every justification for classing her among the six foremost stars, male or female, on the screen today. Already she is spoken of as “the Hepburn,” in observance of a fashion which seems to distinguish those who have attained the front rank from the lesser stars in the Hollywood constellation. Certainly in her latest picture her work is flawless and beyond ordinary criticism. She appeals not only to one particular class of theatre-goer blit to all, and having seen “Alorning Glory,” one leaves the theatre with the fixed determination not to miss her next production. As a ■type, Aliss Hepburn is probably unique, for it is not beauty that carries her along. No strange exotic flower is she, like Greta Garbo, but rather a girl with an intense and unquenchable lire burning in her dark eyes. Her high cheekbones and somewhat angular jaw only add to ‘the strange attraction of her personality, which is also enhanced by an evenly-pitched voice with which sho delivers her sentences with a singular fluency.

“The Only Girl.” There is a wistful charm in “The Only Girl” that appeals to all who like their entertainment romantic in period no less than in sentiment and with the lilt of a love song running, like a glittering thread, through all the daintiness. This charming GaumontBritish picture, coming to the Plaza Theatre to-morrow, is already worldfamous, having been done into three languages to meet a widespread demand Lilian Harvey, -who appears as Juliette, the Empress Eugenie’s coiffeuse, is the star not only of the English, but also of the French and German versions the clever little lady being an excellent linguist. Gay, winsome, provocative, she is the soul of this fairy-like story in its elaborate setting of elegant interiors, imposing facades, picturesque old-w’orld streets and squares. Lilian Harvey has never been content to be a figure-head, relying on her beauty to carry her through. She has always aimed, at being a creative artist, and has devoted herself unsparingly to the rigorous courses of study that the attainment of that ambition demands. Aiany triumphs have acclaimed her brilliant success, and none more delightfully than “The Only Girl.’* In this romance of t<lne love of a handsome, soldierly gentleman. for an unknown maiden who had sung so sweetly at his bedside, soothing what both he and she supposed to be his hour of death. Aliss Harvey has for “opposite,” Charles Boyer; and other prominent personalities of the cast are Mady Christians, Alaurice EvansJ Friedel Schuster, Ernest Thesiger, Julius I alkenstein, Huntley Wright, Reginald Smith and Ruth Al a i t lan d.