GRAND THEATRE

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 330, 17 September 1932, Page 7

GRAND THEATRE

THRILLING SCREEN DRAMA CAPPED BY GRIPPING CLIMAX. "ARE YOU LISTENING." Set against a background of a big -broadcasting station, and the humour and drama seen there, the new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, "Are You Listening?" is coming on Monday to the Grand Theatre. An exceptionally talented cast has been assembled, and is headed by William Haines, Madge Evans, Karen Morley, John Milpan, Jean Hersholt, Wallace Ford, Anita Page, Neil Hamilton, and Joan Marsh, whilst Harry B'saumont directed. The story shows Haines as Bill Grimes, a young writer of radio sketches, unhappily married, and in love with another girl. His unhappiness at home, and his wife's refusal to get a divorce, causes Bill to neglect his work, and he is fired. He leaves his wife, and also gives up Laura. Some time later he is offered a job, and just before leaving to interview his prospective employer his wife gains admittance to his apartment by a ruse. In a rage he flings her away from him, and she falls, striking her head on a piece of furniture and is killed, Bill runs to Laura, and together they fiee whilst radio stations throughout the city send out messages and details of them both. How they are caught, and the gripping climax builds this picture into ohe of the most thrilling pdeces of screen drama ever filmed. A huge replica of a broadcasting station was erected at the M-G-M studios for this production — with sound-proof rooms divided by huge plates of thick glass. "Are You Listening?" is real entertainment you must not miss.