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HOYTS PLAZA THEATRE.
When Fox Filiiis "selected George
M. Cohan's stage success, "So This
Is London," as their second talkie for"
Will Rogers they selected a. story
which not only was ideally suited to
that inimitable comedian, but a story
that Rogers has long wanted to do for
the screen, but awaited the audible
screen for its proper presentment.
Rogers, in the days that have gone
by, made several productions . for the
silent screen which were, only fairly
successful, mostly because the Rogers'
witticisms need the Rogers' voice to
get full play. His debut on the sound
screen was in "They Had To See
Paris," which, though a phenomenal
success, was acclaimed by Rogers
himself as "just a. rehearsal." He
was trying out this "new fangled invention,"
so he said.. When letters
began lo pour in from all over the
world complimenting and begging him
to make another talking picture, then,
and only then, did Rogers become convinced
that the sound screen was his
forte. In "So This Is London," which
commences an extended season at
Hoyts Plaza Theatre next Friday,
Rogers plays the role of "Hiram
Draper," Texas cotton mill owner,
whose business duties compel him to
go' to London to negotiate the purchase
of a cotton mill. Then the fun
begins. Draper's idea is that all Englishmen
are either butlers or lords—
o'ne drinking tea all day and the
other serving it to him. Conversely,
"Lord Percy Worthing," played by
L'umsdeh Hare, classifies Americans
as gum-chewers, and in general,
people who seem to be able to talk
of nothing but their money.
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