International: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 21, 1931

Springtime for Henry. Henry Dewlip (Leslie Banks) was as charming and entertaining a person as you would hope to meet. He drank too much, slept too little, made ardent love to his best friend's wife. That was before he hired wide-eyed Miss Smith (Helen Chandler) for his secretary. After that he quit tippling, quit gambling, went to bed early and infinitely bored everyone he knew. Finally he was reclaimed, but not before it developed that Miss Smith had shot her French husband—"poor dear"—because he simply could...

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