MAYFAIR TO-MORROW.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1940, Page 3

MAYFAIR TO-MORROW.

"THE DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE." Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer's spectacular musical "Broadway Melody of 1940," with Fred Astaire •' and Eleanor Powell, is screening finally to-day at the Mayfair Theatre. "The Doctor Takes a Wife," which commences to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m. at the Mayfair, with Loretta Young and Ray Milland starred, is the hilarious, happy account of a girl who writes books in praise of spinsterhood and a doctor who believes all women are .... well, not poison perhaps, but fairly close to it. To continue their careers, this perfectly matched pair of haters are forced by circumstances beyond their control into pretending that they are married. They bill and coo in public, they battle and clash in private. This Columbia comedy follows in the triumphant wake of such recent successes as "Too Many Husbands," "His Girl Friday" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," and is a worthy addition to Columbia's collection of redoubtable films like "The Awful Truth," "It Happened One Night," "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" and "You Can t Take It With You." Supporting the stars in this fun-packed narrative of a young doctor and a young author who pretend to be married because their careers depend upon it, are such wellknown Hollywood personalities as Reginald Gardiner (the British comedian), Gail Patrick, Edmund Gwenn and Georges Metaxa. An outstanding supporting programme is advertised for tomorrow.