PLAZA THEATRE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 4, 6 January 1939, Page 9

PLAZA THEATRE

“ALWAYS GOOD-BYE” There have been a number of films in which the main theme has been mother-love, but in few has it been treated so skilfully as in “Always Good-bye," commencing to-day at the Plaza Theatre. As Margot Weston, the central figure in the drama, Barbara Stanwyck has a part not unlike that which she played in "Stella Dallas,” and she gives an equally fine interpretation. A fine supporting cast, including Herbert Marshall, lan Hunter, Lynn Bari and Binnie Barnes, also gives splendid characterisations. Of particular interest is the appearance of a new boy actor, John Russell, who acts with polished ease and naturalness. The story commences when Margot witnesses an accident in which her husband Is killed. The tragedy overwhelms her and she is discovered by a doctor attempting to commit suicide. He brings her to her senses and, when a child is born, arranges for it to be adopted by wealthy friends on condition that the mother never attempts to see it again. Margot secures a position in a fashionable gown shop, and as the years go by prospers. It is while she is returning from a trip to Paris that she meets her son, now about six year? old, and learns that her son's guardian is about to marry a selfish typ« of woman who will take no interest in her child. She is faced with the problem of marrying the doctor who saved her life and whom she loves and accepting an offer of marriage from her son’s foster-father, knowing that only then will her child be properly cared for. Her decision brings fhg_iii n 'L t _ O J I dramatic climax.