STATE THEATRE
“THE DIVORCE OF LADY X.” What happens when a beautiful girl walks into a strange man's hotel suite, steals his bed, his pyjamas, his book, his breakfast and, incidentally, his heart, and vanishes without leaving her name is merrily told in “The Divorce of Lady X,” Alexander Koi da s technicolour comedy, starring Meile Oberon, which will be shown tonight at the State Theatre. The film marks a double debut for Merle. It is not only the star s first coloui film, but also marks her entrance into the comedy field. Tall, dark and handsome Laurence Olivier plays the young barrister whose suite Merle invades when a dense fog makes it impossible for her to leave a fancy dress ball she is attending at his hotel, and she finds it impossible to get accommodation. Things begin. happening next day when the bewildered young man believes he is the unidentified co-ie-spondent in the divorce, case he has been asked to plead by a man he assumes is Merle’s husband. Binnie Barnes, Ralph Richardson and Morton Selten are also prominently featured in the cast of the comedy which was based on the play “Counsel’s Opinion,” by Lajos Biros.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1941, Page 8
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198STATE THEATRE Wairarapa Times-Age, 10 June 1941, Page 8
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