WAYWARD

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 390, 26 November 1932, Page 7

WAYWARD

POPULAR OLD-TIME DRAMA PRESENTED ON PRESENTDAY STANDARDS. THREE STAR CAST. "Wayward" co-features Nancy Car- i roll, Richard Arlen and Pauline Frederick, three cinema stars of notable ' achievement and pop'ularity. j It presents the theme of a persecuting mother-in-law, the part por- j trayed by Pauline Frederick, who J thinks her son's wife, Nancy Carroll, ; is quite unworthy of the affection of j her darling boy, Richard Arlen, and certainly quite beneath the social pro- 1 minence and dignity of the BrownhestFrost families. Of course, she would be fair to the girl — who was pretty — and try to make her worthy of her new position, but it was all a terrible mistake. This type of dramatic story was very popular. in the old days. Audiences would develop a vigorous hatred for the eontemptible activities of the mother-in-law and applaud vociferously the sweet young wife, when in apt phrases she confounded her persecutor and proved herself to be a devoted wife and perfect lady. In "Wayward," modernised and inspired by the sophistication of pre-sent-day standards, Nancy Carroll has a splendid vehicle^ for her llashing beauty and dashing'spirit. With Rich- | ard Arlen, who plays the part of the dutiful son and distraught- young hus- I band, she finds herself in many dra- j matic situations, due to the machina- 1 tions of the mother, who finally succeeds in turning Arlen away from Nancy. ■ Nancy goes to New York, where after many tribulations, she succeeds in establishmg herself, and becomes prosperous. In the meantime she h'as occasional secret meetings with her little daughter back in Cloughharrie, gaining her love and confidence. Later the daughter, who writes her aunt in Europe of the malicious actions of her grandmother, joins her mother in New York. The aunt, Arlen's sistei comes immediately to New York, wh'ere she meets Nancy, takes her side in the controversy, and effects a reconciliation. of Nancy and Arlen. A new life starts for Nancy with her husband and daughter in a home of their own, while the aristocratic mother-in-law is left alone in her own home to contemplate the dignity of the first family of Cloughharrie. This pdcture, with' an extraordinary cast headed by a tri-star combination of screen favourites, is the Grand Theatre's feature for three nights, beginning on Monday.