MAJESTIC

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 99, 17 December 1931, Page 6

MAJESTIC

TO-NIGHT Nancy Carroll creates another important dramatic role in "Laughter," Paramount's diverting comedy drama coming to the Majestic Theatre tonight. Supporting the splendid work of Miss Carroll are Fredric March, leading man of two recent successes, "Sarah and Son" and "Manslaughter" and Frank Morgan, recently seen in "Queen High." "Laughter" is a pieture with a real dramatic punch, boasting a clever, Mr. Fuljames, of Taupo, and Mr. well worked out situation creating suspense and peppered with witty, clever dialogue that is a delight to listen to. Imaginatively directed by emerges as first-class entertainment. In "Laughter," Nancy Carroll plays the role of a beautiful ex-Fol-lies girl, married to a man she does not love. The man (Frank Morgan) is a power in the world of finance. He gives Nancy everything her heart desires, except tlie love which she longs for more than anything else in life. But when her 'former sweetheart (Fredric March), a youthful, unconventional breezy young fellow, returns from Paris and urges her to divorce her husband and marry him and live in a world of adventure, ro-

mance and laughter, Nancy is confronted with a situation which she seems unable to solve. However, Nancy's own case and involving her sophisticated step-daughter and an impoverished artist, that helps Nancy make the decision upon which her happiness depends. A vivid climax brings "Laughter" to a powerful and absorbing conclusion.