CHARLEY'S AUNT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 135, 30 January 1932, Page 7

CHARLEY'S AUNT

EVERGREEN ENGLISH COMEDY COMING AS A TALKIE. It is surprising how little time it has taken for* the public to discover that an English story, well produced, offers a greater degree of entertainment than any other type of screen production. "Disraeli" was a case in point, and this really splendid production — readily recognised as setting a high standard of screen entertainment, was produced in America, with, apart from Arliss, an American cast. It obtained a large proportion of its greatness from the fact that its story, speech and settings were typically English and the whole thing was handled in a thoroughly English manner, a point which Australian audiences did not fail to note. The same attributes may be said to be characteristic of "Char'ley's Aunt," which is as entertaining in its broad farce as was 'Disraeli" in its satire and subtle dialogue. "Charley's Aunt" has a tyipcally English setting — the University of Oxford, the story is the inspiration of an English playwright, and credit should go to the American firm which produced it for retaining the English speech and flavour of the story throughout. It would be a pity to miss it when it screens at the Grand Theatre on Monday.