STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 November 1939, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

“SO THIS IS LONDON.” Generously provided wife amusing dialogue by Ben Travers in a hilarious story o£ trans-Atlantic rivalry, Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton prove themselves an ace comic team in "So This is London.” which will be shown tonight at the State Theatre. The story tells of the business dealings of an American who believes himself to have no sympathy with things English and an Englishman to whom the very thought of America is an irritation. Brought together by business interests, their pejudices threaten to ruin everything, until romance steps in to make the score a draw. Lord Worthington (Alfred Drayton) and Hiram Draper (Berton Churchill) are constantly at loggerheads in their negotiations over the formula for a new type of bread. Henry Honeycutt. (Robertson Hare), wanting peace at any price and a successful conclusion to the deal, tries to bring them together, achieving little more for a long time than the scorn of both. A bogus foreigner, claiming to be the inventor of the precious flour, attempts to dupe the business men by playing the one off against the other. George Sanders plays the role of the imposter with tremendous verve and gusto. Stewart Granger and lovely Carlo Lehmann carry the romantic leads, and their engagement is the event-which sets the seal on the eventual friendship of Worthing and Draper. A fine cast has been recruited from both sides of the Atlantic, including Hare and Drayton Fay Compton, Stewart Granger, George Sanders, Berton Churchill, one of the screen's finest character actors, and Lily Cahill. "YOUNG MR LINCOLN.” The change of programme tomorrow night will include "Young Mr Lincoln,” the thrilling romantic story of Abraham Lincoln featuring Henry Fonda. Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaner and Arleen Whelan. The other feature will be the exciting drama, “Chasing Danger,” featuring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.