ONCE A GENTLEMAN

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 83, 28 November 1931, Page 7

ONCE A GENTLEMAN

AN OTHER TRIUMPH FOR EDWARD EVERETT HORTON. COMING TO MAJESTIC. Playing stellar roles in three hundred plays at one theatre — the Majestic in Los Angeles — is the unique record of Edward Everett Horton, famous stage and screen comedian, whose latest laugh riot "Once a Gentleman" will be presented at the Majestic Theatre on December 4. Practically every play of importance produced in America has been seen at the Majestic, and Horton became Hollywood's most popular stock actor. "In Once a Gentleman" Horton appears at his hest in the role of a

valet whose employer gives him a month off to play gentleman. Through mistaken identity, he hecomes a guest at a fashionahle Long Island home, and a popular figure at his employer's club. He makes a fortune on a stock market tip, proposes marriage to the pretty housekeeper, loses his bankroll, • and finally is shown up as an imposter. His employer reseues him, and his adventure as a gentleman is over, but when he returns to his old ,post, he does not go back alone. Brimful of novel situations, with a rapid fire succession of hearty laughs, smart dialogue and sumptuous settings, "Once A Gentleman" provides great entertainment for every member of the family. An all start cast, including Lois Wilson, King Baggot, Francis X. Bushman, Sr., George Fawcett. Evelyn Pierce, Gertrude Short and Charles Coleman has been gathered hy James Cruze, who personally directed the film.