COSY THEATRE

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 34, 3 November 1937, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

"LITTLE MEN." "Little Men," Mascot's filin version of the famou^ Louisa M. Alcott classic which has been read by nearly a million Americans of three geaerations, screens at the Cosy Theatre ot-ngiht. The screen "Lit'tle Men" closely follows the book's plot revolving around the delightful gro'up of youngsters at Plumfield Sehool, in the quaint New England of 1870. • It assertedly possesses an unusu.I depth of emotipn in addition to many a quiet smile, with a strong romanitc appeal for grown-ups as well as younger spectators. A oouple of street urchins bjring , with them many complicati'ons when they enter school, and it is only after a tneft, a midnight fire, and the death of one of the boys that event3 work out to a happy ending. . It is the little, ordinary things rather than the excitiing highlights whic|h mako "Little Men" ndt only an ab'sorbing J istorical document. But do not get-the idea that it is the least bit dull, or that it is merely an inconsequential children's story. The humorous understanding of the sereen writers, Gertrude Orr and Keu Goldsmith, the smooth dirfection of Phil Rosen, and the uniformly ku. acting by every member of an imposing cast which fairly combine to transpose an immortal book'1 to the screen with even more than its original fineness and charm. Heading the stellar cast are dis-, tinguished Balph . Morgah as "The! - Prof essor," _ ahd Erin O'Brien-Mopre beautiful New; York stage star.