ENTERTAINMENTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 75, 10 January 1936, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ST. JAMES THEATRE*. One of the gayest and yet most exciting comedy dramas, involving both the theft of hearts and of costly jewels, is showing finally to-night at the St. James Theatre, under the title of “The Goose and the Gander.” Kay Francis and George Brent, are teamed in the romantic leads. Miss Francis, stately and beautiful, plays the part of an ex-wife whose millionaire husband had fallen for the wiles of a pretty blonde, married her, and then attempts to flirt with his first wife. Kay seeks revenge and manages to get the husband to visit her and at the same time i manoeuvres wife number two and an escort, bound on a philandering trip to a mountain resort, all under the same roof. Accidentally a gentlemanly jewel robber and his girl friend also are sidetracked into the lodge. There follows a series of episodes that are most exciting and at the same time uproariously funny. The untangling of the marital mix-up, as well as the jewel robbery, leads to a surprising climax.

MAJESTIC THEATRE. The excitement, danger and toil of the fording of a river _by a coveredwagon train are faithfully shown in “West of the Pecos,” an RKO-Radio picture of which Richard Dix is the star, which is being screened' at the Majestic Theatre at the matinee and on Saturday and Monday nights. The screen shows Richard Dix and hundreds of cattle, horses, mules and cowboys, fighting the river current and battling for their fives. However, forcing the driver was just as punishing when done for the camera, as in the days of the old West, according to the actors and Martha Sleeper, leading woman, who experienced it.