STATE THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 154, 25 March 1939, Page 16

STATE THEATRE

*“Next Time I Marry” And “Law West Of Tombstone”

Since the famous “It Happened One Night,” several films have employed the theme of the cross-country romance, Even more have been based on the tamiug-of-the-shrew theme. The new feature at lhe State Theatre, "Next Time 1 Marry,” combines both, but stands on its own merits as a gay little comedy. It owes mucji of its entertainment to the smart acting of Lucille Ball, who is making something of a name for herself as a comedienne, and of Jimmy Ellison, who has not suffered by cutting adrift from the "Hopalong” Cassidy pictures. In "Next Time I Marry," Miss Ball is seen as an irresponsible heiress who wants to marry a foreign count, a role well played by Lee Bowman, but is hampered by the fact that her father's will provides for an American husband. So she makes a marriage of convenience with a poor but honestly-Ameri-enn young man (Ellison), intending to divorce him and marry her count when she has collected her inheritance. However, her temporary husband is annoyed when dubbed a "Cinderella man” by the newspapers, and proves troublesome. He takes the heiress on an enforced trip in a motortrailer, and these cave-man tactics have the customary effect of making her fall in love with him. ’There is some brisk comedy, though, before true love rises triumphant. The acting of Harry Carey, rather than the .story, is the most notable feature of the other film, “The Law West of Tombstone.” Carey is seen as a breezy, likeable old rascal in a Western town where he carries out a complicated scheme for getting even with a man who once offended him. Tlie very slender romantic interest is supplied by Tim Holt and Jean Rouverol.