"STRICTLY DISHONOURABLE."

Wairarapa Daily Times, 11 March 1932, Page 3

"STRICTLY DISHONOURABLE."

A notable cast includes Paul Lukas, Sidney Fox, Lewis Stone, George Meeker, etc. When a beautiful youngmaid, fresh from the country, alone in New York, deserted by her fiance, asks the handsome stranger what his intentions are and he answers “strictly dishonourable.'’ the substance of a somewhat intriguing plot is suggested. Such is the substance of Universal’s delightful production, “Strictly Dishonourable,’’ which comes to the Do Luxe Theatre to-day, but it is not incidentally the general theme, which can best be described as delightfully refreshing comedy-romance of an innocent young Southern miss and a famous opera sing r, aided and abetted by a nearly

bibulous judge, a surly, churlish “fiance by official right,” a Hibernian eop who pops up at the inopportune moment, and a voluble Italian speakeasy proprietor whose indiscreet utterances eventually do more good than harm. As a play, “Strictly Dishonourable” was an outstanding success, and it is said that the picture is even more brightly entertaining than the stage version. What is.said to be a most ideal cast, each of them pronounced artists from stage or screen, portray the characters of the story. Paul Lukas heads the cast in the role of fount Ous, Sidney Fox is the ingenuous miss from the Mississippi, Lewis Stone the priceless judge who had retired from the practice of passing judgment on law-breakers in favour of a more congenial task of decisions on the i '( llow oualitv of bootleg whisky.