ENTERTAINMENTS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 16, 31 October 1935, Page 9

ENTERTAINMENTS

ST. JAMES THEATRE. Tom Walls, as an irascible major, is the life and soul of “A Cup of Kindness,” the Gaumont-British picture showing at the St, James Theatre tonight and at two sessions to-morrow. Returned army officers often imagine themselves to be a cut above their unfortunate neighbours, so that ludicrous situations result. The “offence” in this delightful picture is Ramsbotham (Robertson Hare), a commercial man whose strut and observations concerning the weather considerably annoy Tutt (Torn Walls). To make matters very much worse Ralph Lynn falls in love with Robertson Hare’s daughter, and there you are. Ralph Lynn has been a of many parts on the screen, but until ho played the part of Charlie Tutt in “A Cup of Kindness” he had not been a sharepusher. This is one of the best comedies this team has produced.

MAJESTIC THEATRE. “I am a Thief,” Warner Bros.’ latest melodramatic mystery thriller, is scheduled for the Majestic Theatre to-night and to-morrow night, with Mary Astor and Ricardo Cortez heading an all-star cast. The picture, based on a story by Ralph Block and Doris Malloy, recounts the breath-taking adventures of a band of international jewel robbers who plot to steal an almost priceless set of diamonds known as the Kareninas. The diamonds are used by secret service operatives as a bait to catch a gang of jewel thieves composed of renegade nobles, beautiful adventuresses and men of such daring and cleverness that they have succeeded in outwitting the officials.