NEW PATHE PICTURE
"SIN TAKES A HOLIDAY" IS CONSTANCE BENNETTS BEST STARRING VEHICLE. Proving itself delightful in every : respect, Constance Bennett's new Pathe Picture, "Sin Takes a Holiday," comes to the- Majestic Theatre on Monday, Oetober 26. This is an ultra-smart picture of fashxonable
Iife in New York and Paris, finely | directed by Paul L. Stein and the swift-nioving action aceompanying the : developments of a thrilling story vests the production with exeeptional interest and app^al. As the secretary of a wealthy divorce lawyer, who makes her h'is wife so that he might be free to indulge in his hobby women then sends her off to Paris alone to find her ettiinefttly desirable after she has developed into a lovely woman, Miss Bennett evidenced her complete mastery, of ultra-smart society characterisatioiis for which she is famous as "a star'. Her display of fashionable gowns/rich and of vast variety, were viewed with rapt delight by the feminine contihgent of the audience. The eniinent star was f ortunate in the adequacy of her supporting players, the portrayals of Keneth MacKenna, leading man, Basil Rathbone, Rita La Roy, Louis Bartels, Zasu Pitts, John Roche, Kendall" Lee, Helen Johnson, Murrel F'inlay,. and Fred Walton being especially praiseworthy. "Sin Takes a Holiday" is a talking picture that will' command itself to every picture fan. With more than thirty massive set'tinga and a story of exceptipnal appeal admirably developed, the pictuye has real chaf m and beauty, while the comedy and dialogue are a treat. Those who miss seeing "Sin Takes a Holiday missa decidedly worthwhile einema achievement.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 47, 17 October 1931, Page 7
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