PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 277, 23 November 1936, Page 12

PLAZA THEATRE

“TO MARY—WITH LOVE.” Warner Baxter and Myrna Loy are enough known to theatregoers to attract an audience at <any time and their work in "To Mary—With Love,” which is featured at the Plaza Theatre, is another tribute to their ability. Although the venue is New York it is not hard to imagine that the ditliculties faced by Jock Wallace (Warner Baxter) and his wife (Myrna I Loy) have been faced by others in other parts of the world. Jock Wallace is ruined in the Wall Street crash and loafs about, drinking and living on borrowed money instead of attempting to rehabilitate himself. His young wife stays by his side because she feels he needs her, and although he tries her Ive many times his own love for her helps to keep her by him when he ] needs her help and sympathy most. I The supporting programme is good and includes a colour scenic, a popular cartoon, and a ••short" showing Wotan winning the Melbourne Cup. “Swing Time.” With New York as its principal setting and a distinctive double-triangle type of theme. Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers introduce a wealth of novelty in their newest RKO Radio vehicle, “Swing Time." opening at the 10.15 p.m. matinee next Friday at the Plaza Theatre. In addition to some of the catchiest song numbers and dances the famous pair have yet presented, there is the hilarious counterplay of a new comedy team in the persons of Victor Moore and Helen Broderick.