COSY THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 11 May 1940, Page 2

COSY THEATRE

“JANE STEPS OUT.” The.Elstrce Studios of Associated British have scored again with a new comedy, "Jane Steps Out," showing at the Cosy Theatre tonight. Diana Churchill, the charming young lady who has come to the front rank of British screen stars in a remarkably short time, turns in yet another accomplished performance in the name part. “Jane” is not exactly "plain” in the early part of the story, but is an unpaid housekeeper to the rest of her selfish family. At last she rebels, forsakes the dustcap and apron for more gorgeous and becoming apparel and carries out a threat to steal her sister’s beau. Jean Muir, playing sister to Jane, hails from Hollywood and is so completely the beautiful, useless and rather catty member of the Wilton family, that she almost sacrifices the sympathy commanded by her undeniable beauty and acting abilities. Peter Murray Hill, the man in the case, as a wealthy young racing motorist, with a penchant for ethnology, is new to star roles. Quite a lot of the bril-s liant comedy in this film comes from the supporting players. Fred Emney, plays a retired Army man in his inimitable way, and Athene Seyler gets a barrage of laughs as a. grandmother with young ideas and a passion for gangster slang.