AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 270, 13 December 1939, Page 4

AMUSEMENTS

“THE LADY OBJECTS'* In “The Lady Objects,” which screens Thursday and Friday, at the Regent Theatre, Gloria Stuart is seen as a young bride whose love for her husband, Lanny Ross, is forgotten when she achieves success in her chosen profession, law. He, struggling in an architect’s office andi praying for a chanco to, make good, slowly linds himself relegated to a minor position in. the household. He turns to singing to achieve success, and. thus completely hrooks up their homo. As a night ehih entertainer, Ross wins a fair amount of recognition, hut,, he also meets “another woman,” who attaches herscll to him. When she is found strangled one night, Ross is accused of her murder. According to advance reports, the ensuing courtroom scenes acliiei. new highs "in thrills and drama. Wm Stuart, in her role of a modern Portia, undertakes the defence of her husband andi wins his freedom. In so doing, she provides one answer to a difficult problem. “SFDDKN MON DY” * . What woiilil von. do if you suddenly won £‘20,000 in a sWeepsfake? This question, which all of us Have asked ourselves at one time or another, is answered by each member of a madcap family in “Sudden Money,” Paramount’s new comedy about sweepstake winners, which screens Thursday and Friday at the Regent Theatre.