Playmates
INTEREST. Item from cinemagazine.
"'Playmates' (an episode from 'Listening In'). Played by Will Hay and M'lita
Dolores. Introducing some clever mechanical toys". M'lita Dolores dressed as a
young girl stands on steps in front of a door. Enter Will Hay dressed as a
schoolboy. They show each other a number of toy animals that walk, jump etc.
(80). "The quarrel - and boylike he wants the best". He takes away one toy;
she snatches it back. They squabble, make up and leave with an arm around each
other (99).
Note: 'Listening In' was a variety show produced August 1922 by Julius
Darewski at the Apollo Theatre, London. See 'Good Morning Boys' (Ray Seaton
and Roy Martin, London, 1978 pp 37-8).