STATE THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 40, 3 March 1937, Page 12

STATE THEATRE

COMEDY AND DRAMA Hilarious laugkter, togetker witk a certain undertone of sjrmpathy is tke keynote of "Tke Affair of Susan," thc Universal comedy depicting tke fuuny yet tragic adventures of Zasu Pitts and Hugh O'Connell, screening to-day ai tko State Theatre. In tke productior Miss Pitts and O'Connell are a couple of people wko are absolutely alone ir New York City but wko flnally meel and tken get (separated at Coney Islanr during a holiday after falling in love Miss Pitts plays tke sky person whc

puts tails on candy Scotty dogs, while O'Connell is tke man wko boasts of his prowess witk certain mythieal heireuses but wko really puts tail ligkts on automobiles at an assembly plant. Botk *Iecide to go to tke famous resort, and it is kere tkat tkey meet. An accident separates tkem, and Hugh, hitkerto a mild-mannered man, suddenly breaks loose as a veritable tiger, t-ry-ing to find ker after ishe kas been takou away in an ambulance. A sympatketic romance, featuring two of tke most capable dramatie players of tke screen, Gertrude Mickael and Walter Abel, forms tke basis of "Second Wife," tke love story of a widower wko seeks to make a new kome for kimself and kis young boy, and of a girl wko accepts kim in preference to a younger and wealtkier suitor. Tkis story is told in a timely and sympatketic faskion tkat makes tke picture of unusual interest to all women.