MAJESTIC THEATRE
MAURICE CHEVALIER CAST IN COLOURFUL, SCINTILLATING COMEDY ROMANCE "THE SMILING LIEUTENANT." Maurice Chevalier is the star, and Claudette Colbert and Miriam Hopi kins are his charming leading ladies in "The Smiling Lieutenant,'-' coming to the Majestic Theatre on Thursday next. Also prominently cast in this gay romantie comedy are Charlie : Ruggles and George Barbier. J In "The Smiling Lieutenant" Mauj rice Chevalier is a handsome military . attache whose love adventures get him into plenty of mischief. But when he finallys falls in love with one girl (Claudette Colbert), he suddenly discovers that a princess (Miriam Hopkins) has her eyes on him. And, as you undobutedly know, when a princess sets her heart on a man, complications are bound to ensue; complieations, incidentally, which are sure to make for gay, ingratiating entertainment that chuckles and gurgles with spontaneous wit and houmour. In that respect, of course, "The Smiling Lieutenant" lives up to its promise. It swings along at a rapid fire pace as one clever, laugh-provoking situation dovetails perfectly with another. The dialogue too is brittle, pointed and in the talented hands of the cast is given added zest and meaning. So that "The Smiling Lieutenant" emerges as one of Maurice Chevalier's most entertaining pictures, which, if memory serves you correctly, is an accomplishment not to be dismissed lightly. As the smiling lieutenant of the title, Maurice Chevalier does the thing he does best in a manner to delight all audiences. He also sings any number of lively tunes written expressly for him by the distinguished eomposer, Oscar Straus. Claudette Colbert is charming and belisvable as the girl who loyes and loses; and Miriam Hopkins is pert and adorable as the dowdy princess who turns herself
into a ravishing beauty. Charlie Ruggles as Chevalier's fellow officer, and B'eorge Barbier as the father of the princess, are excellent in grand comedy parts.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 306, 20 August 1932, Page 7
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