"LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG"

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 21, 25 January 1934, Page 3

"LOVE'S OLD SWEET SONG"

COMING TO MAJESTIC THEATRE;

Screening at "the Mtijestic Theatre on Friday will be "Love's' Old Sweet Song." John Stuart, William Freshman,' and 'Joan Wyndham appear in the featured roles. In the pretty, old-worid cottage where she is holidaying, Mary .Dean 4Joan Wyndham), a young concert artist, comes across a copy of "Love's- Old Sweet Song." Jimmy Croft (William' Freshman)", the susceptible farmer'who .owns the cottage, begs her, to sing ,it fo"r him, and, half laughing, she consents. Her singing proves she'is a trtie artist, and brings Jimmy to his knees in a passionate declaration of love. Mary's manager (Paul Kingslake) arrives by car,to take her back to London, where he has important contracts for her to fulfil, and, elated, she bids Jimmy goodbye, but he prophesies that some day she will- come back to him. At her radio debut Mary sings the old'bailad once again —"Just a song at twilight, when the lights are lp\y." In the village inn, Jimmy joins' the'rustics who crowd round the loudspeaker, while in ,the distant studio Paul is alpo "deeply moved. Next morning his half-brother, Eric Kingslake,' drops into his office to borrow some ready cash, and Paul reluctantly introduces him to Mary. The two" are instantly attracted, I and dflring the summer see much of one lahotlier.. Paul is- disturbed," for he .has come to love Mary, and ho -knows Eric to bo utterly worthless. He threatens to stop supplies unless Eric leaves.the country, and is dumbfounded to discover that lie and Mary haVe been secretly married. The news comes' to Jimmy also as the death-blow of his hopes. It is equally unpleasant to Iris Sinclair, a charming siren, with whom Eric has been on more than intimate terms, and she telephones-Paul demanding an. interview. He. keeps the appointment in her flat, where she threatens to bring disgrace upon the name of Kingslake unless she is amply compenrtited. As he is leaving the flat he^sees Eric arrive. Nest morning the dead body 6£ Iris is discovered, and the police are searching for the man whom the caretaker had seen entering the flat. Faced by Paul, Evic admits his visit to Iris, but- claims that her death was an accident, and begs him to hlod off the police for a time, as the shock of her husband's arrest might kill Mary. Paul-consents, and is-himself arrested and charged with the crime. From then on the story moves from one climax to the next, and the remainder ot the production is said to be filled with dram* and surprise. ■