MAJESTIC THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 156, 4 July 1934, Page 9

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“LADY FOR A DAY.” ‘‘Lady for a Day,a iilm with a story of unusual piquancy and gripping power, and a cast of stars who give of their best, commences to-day at the Majestic Theatre. The picture attempts nothing but pure entertainment and from that point of view it is easily the best released in New Zealand for many months. May Robson, the veteran Australian actress, is gloriously at her best in this excellent production. It is safe to say that she has never appealed so greatly to an audience as she does as Apple Annie in ‘‘Lady For a Day,’’ her part, in its story fitting in splendidly with her inimitable brand of humour and her never-heavy drama. The plot is most originality treated. Apple Annie (sometimes called Madamo La Gimp) lives among the gamblers and racketeers of old Broadway, albeit she is not strictly of them. She lives with a deep secret; she has a lovely young daughter in Spain being educated at a convent. When the mother writes letters to her she pretends in them that she is a widow no longer, but has married money and ia in high society. Later the girl, about to marry a Spanish grandee, accompanies him in a liner to New York, there to meet her mother. Annie becomes desperate on learning this, and her friends of the underworld come to her rescue. But the story does not end without a great deal of fuss and bother and a great deal of excitement for the audience. The supports include Universal News reel, Screen Snapshots and a cartoon.