ST. JAMES THEATRE.
Described as the "English Marie Dressier," Alison Sklpworth heads the cast in "The Sporting Widow" at the St. James Theatre. Her characterisation of "the Countess"- is excellent. The opening scenes feature the departure of "the Countess" on a health tour ot the world after being a compulsory guest tor five years of a warden.* Her exploits during the course of this tour form the main . part of „ the picture. Bliss bkipworth raises many laughs as she puts over the bluff necessary for a "sporting widow," and as a trusting husband Richard Bennett excels himself. "Guilty As Charged," a murder mystery story with a comedy twist to It, opens at the St. James Theatre next Friday, with Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, and Blchard Arlen in the starring iroles. Lowe is cast as a police reporter and McLagien as a detective. The picture opens with the murder of a woman. Lowe and McLaglen are called in on the case and the many bungles they make before finally straightening matters up produce numerous comedy situations. Hichard Arlen is In the role of a young man, who faces death as a mass of circumstantial evidence piles up against him.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 37, 14 February 1933, Page 3
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198ST. JAMES THEATRE. Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 37, 14 February 1933, Page 3
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