PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 280, 25 November 1937, Page 9

PLAZA THEATRE

“NEW FACES OF 1937.” Sparkling with an originality and freshness of treatment that make it a most entertaining musical comedy, R.K.O.’s “New Faces of 1937,” which is to conclude to-night at the Plaza Theatre, has a distinguished cast. Heading the cast of radio celebrities and vaudeville and stage favourites, Harriet Hilliard, who is famous as a radio vocalist, is given much opportunity in the film to produce her best talent. Other prominent members of the cast are Milton Berle, who makes his debut, Joe Penner, Parkyakarkus, William Brady, Jerome Cowan, and Thelma Leeds. Several romances are woven into the film, the principal one being between Miss Hilliard and William Brady, a newcomer with a line tenor voice. “His Affair.” The financial turmoils experienced in the United States at the turn of the century provide the thread which draws together the plot of “His Affair.” the film which is to commence tomorrow at the Plaza Theatre, Robert Taylor is the leading player and opposite him is Barbara Stanwyck. The plot ceais with the onerous task assigned to a brilliant young oflicer by the leaders of a country in need. Robert Taylor, as a young naval officer, is instructed to become disgraced and be discharged from the service, and give his attention to locating a gang which has been engaged in bank-robbing on a large scale. Taylor meets a cafe owner in a city known as a criminal centre; here he also meets a singing and dancing star, Barbara Stanwyck. To further his contact with the gang Taylor presses his attentions on Barbara, but he finds later that he has fallen in love with her. His determination to fulfil his mission still holds good, however, and he carries on with his plan. The film comes to an exciting climax.