GRAND THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 136, 1 February 1932, Page 4

GRAND THEATRE

TO-NIGHT | Revolving around an amateur | female impersonator and his exper- | iences as chaperon to two girls, the | story of "Charley's Aunt," screening | at the Grand Theatre to-night, em- £ braces even more humour as an all- I talking production than did the silent | version some years back. Riotous sit- g uations follow hard on each other as | the farcical situations of this high | comedy of Oxford undergraduates E who invite their sweethearts to lunch | in their rooms in order to propose to | them unfolds, this desperate act be- = ing made necessary by the guardian | of the two girls threatening to take 't them to Scotland. Charley Wyke- | ham's aunt, who was expected to | chaperon the select luncheon failed to t arrive, and to save the situation Lord * Fancourt Babberly, undergraduate, consents under persuasion, to beeome ||i a bogus "Charley's Aunt," with dire !|| results. For, half-way through the > proeeedings, the real aunt arrives, the II! girl's guardian has proposed to and been accepted (against his will) by jji Lord Babberly as the bogus aunt, ||| and the girls have invited Babberly ;■ into their boudoir to prepare for din- II ner. » The title role of "Charley's Aunt," "j which Syd Chaplin made so popular |j on the silent screen is handled just as well on the audible screen by Para- II mount comedian Charles Ruggles. He [I is supported by June Collyer, as Amy •' Spettigue, the remainder of the cast being English stage players specially secured for the production. n Prominently cast is an Australian || actor new to Hollywood, Rodney McLennon, who is a native of Melbourne, [| Victoria. ■