Plays that are built for actors are only as pleasant as the actors themselves. At Keith's this week "Sin Takes A Holiday" with Constance Bennett is very pleasant indeed. The story isn't much and the supporting cast has little to do, but Miss Bennett is enough for one movie.
The directors picked a story that would show their star to the best advantage, but when they got through they hadn't left anything for Messers McKenna and Rathbone, which perhaps is just as well. It is one of those plots in which New York society is proved to be just another vicious circle. In order to escape the indecency of being named as a corespondent in a divorce case Kenneth McKenna contracts with his stenographer to marry her for one year, or until the ugly situation blows over. Its a purely business measure as far as he is concerned. Constance goes on a solitary honeymoon to Paris and, with the help of a few gorgeous clothes, becomes an overnight sensation. She returns to find her former employer who decides, after one glance, that there wasn't much point in a purely platonic relationship.
It is pretty conventional and trivial, but when Miss Bennett is around it doesn't make much difference. It is a little difficult to place her as a simple New York stenographer during her first few days in Paris. She looked and acted as though she were born there. The dialogue as spoken by Miss Bennett is polished and, at times satirically clever, but McKenna is a bit ponderous over some of his best lines.
The stage show is interminable and not at all funny, although some of the dancing is fair. Don't bother to go unless you like Constance Bennett, but don't miss it if you do.
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