ENTERTAINMENTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 292, 23 September 1935, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

ST. JAMES THEATRE, Romance, comedy, and pathos are deftly blended on the screen of tho St. .j ames Theatre to-night, to-morrow and on Wednesday nights when “David Copperfield” is the attraction. With 65 stars and featured players in the principal roles, “David Copperfield” is hailed as one of the outstanding achievements of all screen history. This is the picture which introduces little Freddie Bartholomew, the sensational now child star who rockets to fame with his performance of the hoy David. Produced by David O. Selzniek and directed by George Cukor, “David Copperfield” comes to the screen as a Metto-Goldwyn-Mayer picture. The story is a faithful translation of Dickens’ best-known and best-loved novel, but the entertainment qualities unearthed and emphasised on the seredn never would bo dreamed oi by those who have read the book only casually. The human and the romance especially are astounding.

MAJESTIC THEATRE As the hero of Paramount’s “Mississippi,” showing finally to-night at the Majestic Theatre, Ring Crosby plays the role of a romantic youth in the old South, who sings, duels, and charms the ladies with, equal ease. Crosby is stained with W. C. Fields and Joan Bennett in this picture, adapted from the play by Booth Tarkington. Crosby, when he first arrives in the South to claim the hand of his lady love, is disinclined to duel lor her u ,ui naturally falls into disgrace with the entire family. He joins Commodore Jackson’s acting troupe and under the Commodore’s tutelage develops into the river’s most notorious gambler and most-feared gun-lighter.

REPERTORY SOCIETY PLAYS The productions of the Repertory Socle tv have justly become features eagerly looked forward to, and the bracket of one-act plays to lie produced in the Majestic -Theatre oil Wednesday will sustain the reputation the society has built up. The careful choice ot plays which lias been made will provide entertainment for all types. ■ *l° se who delight in comedy will enjoy 'Blie Was No Lady” and “Villa For Sale. “The Black Horseman,” by Mary Pakenglon, is a powerful play set at the end of the eighteenth century. Those who like thrills will obtain plenty and to spare jjrom “The Substitute,’ which deals with a short episode in the lives of autocrats awaiting death during the French Revolution. The author is Mr L. A. Charles, a. member of the society. As usual, items will be rendered by Dr. N. E. H. Fulton s orchestra. The staging of the plays will be in the effective bands of Dr. AY. R. Ryburn. The plays are being produced by Misses R. Chamberlain and AA r . Andrew and Messrs J. H. Millar and C. E. Mollerf