ENTERTAINMENTS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 110, 19 February 1937, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.

ST. JAMES THEATRE.

One of the most baffling of the stories in the Chan detective series is to be found in “Charlie Chan’s Secret, which heads the bill at the St. James Theatre and will have its final screening this evening. It presents a really intriguing tale to patrons. There ai e good supporting films. “My Man Godfrey” is a brilliant modern romantic comedy, madder and merrier than a million dancing mice running riot on a merry-go-round. This Universal picture, starring William Powell and Carole Lombard, shows at the St. Janies Theatre to-morrow afternoon and evening and on Monday eventing. The situations mount rapidly to a pitch of gay humour, which keeps climbing the scale until the contagious fun has reached an epidemic of laughter. The most oarthbound pessimist will be a northbound optimist after seeing “My Man Godfrey.” William Powell the role of a butler who doeg his best to buttle, in spite of bottles and battleaxes, for the nuttiest family in America, Carole Lombard, playing the . part of the, younger daughter, falls in love with him and proposes marriage. She just won’t take “No” for an answer. Her sister is the sort of girl who would stick pins in puppies just to hear them howl.

4 feature of this programme will bq the first film in the. “March of Time” series, something new in moving pictures. It is the answer to picture producers’ query, “How can we produce something different?” It is a type of news reel superior to anything so far released.

MAJESTIC THEATRE. Warren William gives as good a performance as Perry Mason, the lawyer detective, in “The Case of the Velvet Claws,” as in any of his previous films. This picture i 9 scheduled for its final screening at the Majestic Theatre this evening. It is the fourth of the Perry Mason pictures and might be termed the best of them all. “Bring ’Em Back Alive” and “Wild Cargo,” Buck’s first movie productions, were a succession of jungle thrills. Now conies a third film, “Fang and Claw,” in which the trapper-ad-venturer visualises the largest and most varied catch of his eventful career, and which will be the chief item on the double-feature programme at the Majestic Theatre to-morrow afternoon and evening, and on Monday evening. A tiger episode, depicts the capture of the largest of the species ever seen in the territory near Singapore. Wild monkeys of many different species are taken in various ways. A large herd of wild antelope is added to Buck’s unique collection, as well as two enormous pythons, a baby rhinoceros and other rare specimens. The most hairraising thrill is said to be that of a native pursued by a man-eating tiger. This tiger had to be slain to save a human life. _ • The second big picture is “Two-Fist-ed Gentleman,” a tale of the squared ring, with James Dunn in the principal part.