AMUSEMENTS.

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 440, 22 May 1937, Page 2

AMUSEMENTS.

Plaza Theatre. “THEODORA GOES WILD” There are many reasons why you’ll find “Theodora Goes Wild," which will screen alt the Plaza Theatre, Stratford, to-night, gay impeccable entertainment, but above all is the revelation of Irene Dunne as a glamorous, captivating comedienne. Many believed Miss Dunne commanded such versatility but few dared believe she could be so completely charming, so deftly subtle as a light comedy artist. “Theodora Goes Wild” has the flavour of “It Happened One Night” plus the delightful nonsense of “My Man Godfrey." It's action is fast, punctuated with rich directorial touches by Richard Boleslawski. Until she writes several sophisticated novela/ under a nom-de-plunie tor her own amusement which unexpectedly leap into the best-selling class over-night, Miss Dunne is just a small town nobody whose most notable achievement is playing- the church organ. Despite the fact that the world is clamoring for a look at the woman-of-the-world author. her publishers refuse to disclose her true identity. It is the happy-go-lucky illustrator of her books, played to a turn by Melvyn Douglas, who finally discovers her secret and realises that her every move is a pose. He follows her to her home town and it is not long before they have fallen in love. When Miss Dunne openly shouts this fact to her neighbours, the illustrator disappears. Forced to take matters into her own hands, the star deliberately follows him to Manhattan and, designing her approach from the pages of her own novels, participates in a series of adventures which Anally bring the young man to his senses.