PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 202, 27 August 1936, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

“PEG O FOLD DRURY.” Spectacular scenes of 1740 London are a feature of the British and I Dominions historical film “Peg of Old 1 Drury,” which will also be screened on I to-day’s programme at the Plaza ; Theatre. These include an elaborate ■ reconstruction of the Drury Lane • Theatre in the 18th. century, in which | 'shots’ of Anna Neagle as Peg Wolf- • ington and Sir Cedric Hardwicke as ' David Garrick in excerpts from vari- | ous Shakespearean plays were taken. i Others who will be seen in these' 1 scenes are Margaretta Scott, who j j plays Kitty Clive, Peg’s hated stage rival; Jack Hawkins, who plays Peg’s I former lover, Michael; and Hay I Petrie, who has the role of Mr. Pich, the theatre manager. There have been i five or six really great backstage ! musicals made since 1927—some of them had great stars, some had outI standing song hits, but none of them I have had a story like “Song and i Dance Man.” the new Fox picture to I screen on the same programme. “Pot Luck.” A farcical story, bubbling with commedy, is contained in “Pot Luck,” ’ commencing to-morrow at the Plaza

Theatre. That well-known comedy team, Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn, and | Robertson Hare, are once again together in the film. Ben Travers, who is responsible for the story and dialogue, can always be relied upon for a good plot. This time he has based his story on a priceless Chinese vase which is stolen by a gang of jewel thieves. The gang of jewel thieves. The gang is run to earth by Inspector Patrick Fitzpatrick, late of Scotland Yard, who is as Irish as Tom Walls can make him. The thief chase, as sisted by Ralph Lynn and Qiana Churchill as Reggie and Jane, takes them to Wrotton Abbey, where a Mr. Pye is being made a catspaw by his butler and housekeeper, Mr. and Mrs. Cream. Robertson Hare gives ' one of his unroariously funny performances as Mr. Pye, whose gift for landing himself into trouble lands him at the bottom of a well where the sinister Cream (Gordon James) is hiding the stolen spoil for the crooks.