ENTERTAINMENTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 266, 22 August 1936, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ST. JAMES THEATRE. “Escapade,” with William Powell and Luise Rayner, will be shown tonight and on Monday night. The .locale is Vienna, before the war. Fritz Heideneck is a popular artist, lionised by society, and with a reputation as a Lothario. At a great_ball Anita Keller, fiancee of Paul Berrandt, musician, wins a unique set of chinchilla furs. Gerta, wife of Dr Karl Herrandt, Paul’s brother, borrows them to wear for the evening. She gets into a flirtation with Fritz, who takes her to his studio and this leads to a good deal of trouble for several people. There are some excellent musical interludes, one being a remarkable introduction. of a Caruso song. Another is in the Vienna Conceit Hall, where Powell makes love to Miss Rainer while a vaudeville performance goes on, and during which Lorraine Bridges, sensational discovery at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, sings the key song, “You’re All I Need.” Unique technical developments add outstanding effects to the new picture. One is the “Waltzing Camera,” which follows Powell and'Miss Rainer through a Viennese waltz in the grand ball sequence. The camera took the place of a dancer on the floor, watching the other dancers as through the eyes of a fellow dancer in motion. MAJESTIC THEATRE. Columbia’s “You May Be Next!”, is the first of two big pictures to be shown at the Majestic Theatre to-night and on Monday night. Its producers lay claim to its being the season’s most exciting drama. The motivating theme concerns the devastating effect wrought on America’s radio communications by a mysterious radio wave, controlled by a master criminal and used to extort fabulous sums from the national broadcasting systems. Ann Sothern and Lloyd Nolan, in the featured roles, are involved in the nefarious plot when Douglass Dumbrille, the master mind, kidnaps Nolan and then proceeds to mould circumstances to point to Nolan’s guilt. But romance, in the end, wins out. _ / Bette Davis heads an impressive cast of players in “Fog Over Frisco,” in a new role for her, that of a society girl who joins the band of crooks partly for love of the master mind, partly for money, but mostly for the thrill and excitement of the game. She proves her versatility in handling this heavy role with the cool precision of a much more experienced actress and appears as brilliant as she ever has in romantic leads. Donald Woods and Margaret Lindsay are an unusually pleasing pair of screen lovers in the romantic leads. Their work together is so uniformly excellent that it is said that Warner Bros, plan to keep them together ill sweetheart roles. BAND CONCERT TO-MORROW. An attractive programme of band music will be presented to-morrow, when the well-known Timaru Municipal Band, in conjunction with the Ashburton Silver Band, will present a concert in the Majestic Theatre as a benefit to Mrs H. J. Chapman. On the last visit of the Timaru Band here it received a remarkable reception, and there is no doubt that many people will he eagerly looking forward again to listening to this champion combination, under the conductorship of Lieutenant W. H. Osborne, whose musical ability is also well-known in Ashburton. N A bright programme has been arranged. The arrangements at Ashburton are being made by the Ashburton Silver Band, which has had the gratuitous services of Mrs Chapman as accompamste for many years. Lieutenant W. H. Osborne, who was conductor of the Ashburton Band for many years, was responsible for a great deal of its success at Dominion contests. The programme will include the hymn “Sandon” and the contest march “London Pride,” played by the massed bands, and many items will be given by Timaru artists.