REGENT THEATRE.

Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 20088, 18 November 1930, Page 16

REGENT THEATRE.

!-'THE MARRIAGE PLAYGROUND" One of the world topics of to-day is the divorce question, 118 eft"' l u pon the younger k'orcei'jLtion, and "its lutimato rcsujts to society. Paramount deals with it in extraordinarily bold style at the ilogont ilioatre this wonk. under tho tillo of "Ttio Marn&go Playground." 'the talkie commenced its season yesterday. Tho pu ture is a gtiMtling one. It is candid and it is truthful, according to nelv.s f:om overseas. It 13 a talo of rapid loosening of the marriage liey, oJ cljilmun who urn apt to become confused as to their most, recent step-narenl a, owin;,' to the easy moans of divorce--presumably in America—and ol the effect produced Upon their youn;,' minds. First and foiemosl there :i re seven juvenilo players of remarkable ability. Precocious they certainly are, but they aro unusually clever. Two or three sets of parents philander their time away on the Lido and here nnrl there, and there is every likelihood of a complete matrimonial catastrophe until tho advent of a young man whose views arc different, and who sees some slight opportunity of straightening out the tailzie. Ho himself, however, is enmeshed in the toils of a fascinating woman to whom he is hastening when he sees his chance for doinff a littlo _ good. The eldest of tho children, » charming girl of 18 years, falls violently in love with him, and it is some time before he realises that in spite of the discrepancy Hi their apes, marriage to her could bo brought about. Eventually ho breaks off his engagement, or. rather his fiancee, seeing his interest, in the young woman, decides to remove bin ring from one hand to the other, and he is free to marrv. he informs the parents that he will take charge of the whole family and, being a man welt endowed with wealth, proceeds to this end. In the main roles are such artists as Mary Brian, I<vlian Tashman, Huntley Gordon, and Seeua Owen.