GRAND THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 247, 9 June 1932, Page 3

GRAND THEATRE

SATURDAY. Patrons of the Grand Theatre this woek will learn the true meaning of i,hat phrase, "Sob Sister," which is the title of the Fox drama which opens on Saturday. It is the appellation applied to those feminine writers of the press who inject the beart throbs | into the day's- news. These same patrons will also he de- I lighted and thrilled with the theme of j the pieture, for while it is laid j against a newspaper background it | deals with the human equation, with ; a boy and a girl, caught in the whirl- I ing crush of big city life. Instead I of taking you into the busy city and j piess rooms it gives you the insight into the heart reactions and emotions , of these two romantic youngsters. j Another delightful feature of the | pieture is the performanee of James ; Dunn, the boy who came to Holly- I wood six months ago, an unknown, j and emerged from his first pieture, : "Bad Girl," a leading star. And with j Dunn is another promising player, Miss Linda Watkins, who malces her screen debut in the title role. Her performanee, too, is extremely notewurthy, and one that is bound to set her well along the path leading to stardom. The film was directed by Alfred Santell from the screen adaptation of fidwin Burke. Minna Gomhell, Molly O'Day and Howard Phillips are the other featured player s. _