WILL ROGERS

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 238, 28 May 1932, Page 2

WILL ROGERS

FAMOUS COMEDIAN IN AMBASSADORIAL ROLE EXCELLENT COMEDY Will Rogers is said to give the lowdown on European royalty in "Ambassador Bill," his latest Fox picture, opening on Saturday, June 4, at the Majestic Theatre. The famous humorist, who lists many of the crowned heads of Europe as his close personal friends, shows us that there are some real human beings beneath the ermine. As an American ambassador assigned to a glamorous little kingdom ruled over by a boy king, in the picture, he untangles the love affairs of a king and queen. Fast moving, the story opens with Will's "welcome" between the two opposing forces of the weekly revolution. Th-is, however, is as nothing to the revolution in court etiquette that he starts himself. In one scene, he even suggests that they call quits to his formal representation because he notices the queen has "hurty feet.'' At other times, he teaches the boy-king baseball, and organises a Boy Scout troop. Another scene that is sure to release gales of laughter is that in which he goes through a revolution haridcuffed to a puritanical senator who has come to investigate his conduct. The love interest in the new film is supplied by the lovely Marguerite Churchill and Ray Milland, a dark, young Irishman who is eomparatively new upon the screen- Miss Churchill will be remembered for her fine work in "They Had to See Paris," "The Big Trail," "Riders of the Purple Sage," and other pictures that have shown her as a possessor of a striking talent. Other important members of the cast include young Tad Alexander, an eight-year-old boy who is heralded as a veritable sensation; Greta Nissen, who is said to have clinched her "come-baek" by her work in this film; Gustav von Seyffertitz, Arnold Korff and Ferdinand Munier.

With the prospects of a holiday in : the offing, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, Hal Roach comedians, are planning to leave in June for London. They expect to spend several weeks in and around London, possibly making personal appearances. Although they have thus far not considered stage ■ engagmrents during their stay, they have been made many fiattering offers.