DEFENCE OF BABBITT

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 254, 18 June 1932, Page 7

DEFENCE OF BABBITT

WILL ROGERS STARRING IN "BUSINESS AND PLEASURE. AT THE MAJESTIC Will Rogers, internationally famous comedian and humorist, makes his initial bow on the Majestic Theatre screen Saturday in defence of the American ''Babbit." His newest starring vehicle is "Business and Pleasure," adapted from the best selling novel, "The Plutocrat," by Booth Tarkington, written as an answer to writers of the Sin-

clair Lewis school. who have consistently poked fun at Americans abroad. Rogers, in the role of Earl Tinker, Middle West i-azor blade manufacture, goes on a Mediterranean cruise with his wife and daughter. Incidentally, he has a business scheme in mipd, and also is anxious to get his dughter away from an unhappy love affair at home. Aboard the cruise steamer is a sophisticated Broadway playwright and an equally snobbish artist friend who sneer at the crudities of the typical middle westerner, blinding themselves to his many good qualities. In Algiers, the playwright and Tinker's daughter diseover they have very much in common. His suddenly aroused interest, however, gets a jolt when a cablegram informs him his play has "fiopped" and he is broke. The climax is reached when Rogers is captured by Arabs who are about to engage in a tribal war. How he averts personal catastrophe, averts the war, and reunites his family is one of the most amusing situations yet seen in a Roger's picture. Jetta Goudal has the role of Mme. Momora, Joel McCrea is the playwright, Dorothy Peterson the nagging wife, and Peggy Ross the daughter.