AMUSEMENTS.

Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18906, 22 January 1927, Page 8

AMUSEMENTS.

"MONEY TALKS."

NOVEL MARITAL COMEDY

LIBERTY THEATBE, MONDAY

What are called financial conferences by the Cabinet MinUteis arc really to be avoided by the tactful, not to say the ro- , uiantic wife. They are productive of much unconscious humour, so much egotistical "I Told You So," that they can, on occasion, bo quite entertaining. To tho cynic who happens to be listening-in, they afford a melancholy delight; his dismal theories are proven. Next week'a 1 , the Liberty Theatre all cynics in particular and all discriminating patrons in general, will have the opportunity of seeing the film play, "Money Talks" a story about a really charming fellow who could not bo bothered paying bills, and of his wife who was always threatening to go back to mother, and whose threat eventually 'materialised. The position, you see, is reversed, regarding the husband of course. It is invariably the poor wife who is burdened 'Kith the charge of ultra-extravagance, but the whimsical humour of Rupert llughe9, the author, deftly twists the story the other way, and gives us one of the snappiest, fastest, and most hilarious domestic comedies ever written. The effect upon the masculine mutt be staggering. His financial infallibility as a married man ha 3 been rudely assailed by some waspish minion, and womenfolk are penuiUed to sit back with sublime complacency and cruelly regard his discomfiture. "Money Talks," in its fresh and spontaneous nature, possesses the tang and sparkle of French comedy, which is never more sophisticated than when in the domestic field. It is balanced by a wholesome American suggestion of exciting adventure and homely drama, which latter attribute eventuates only after Madame is solemnly assured by her blithesomo spouse that he will invest in a pass-book, and Madame herself promises never to run away again. The story affords, to the disinterested spectator of conjugal life, an excellent and amazing example of the uses and abuses of the feminine tear ducts. The wily wife will, if she is wise, put theso organs to good advantage, and it is indeed astonishing what Miss Claire Windsor can do with a square of lace at her lashes and a mournful droop to her mouth. And of course, the frank, open malo is magnificently blind. "MoneyTalks," Vith its sophistication and comedy, is a splendid example of romantic drama, and tho acting of Claire Windsor and Owen Moore, in the two leading roles, is a delightfully polished piece of screen playing. Second on the programme is the Master picture. "The Clash of the Wolves," to date the most- reasonable and interesting of all Ein Tin Tin's starring vehicles. The story is vibrantly thrilling and agreeably replete with heart interest, and June Marlowe, as the feminine lead, and Charles .Parrel!, her leading man, are excellent foils to the dog's marvellous sagacity. The Liberty Concert Orchestra, under Mr Ernest Jamieson, will play a special orcnesbral programme of incidental music. The box plans are open at The Bristol Piano Co., where seats 'may be reserved.