AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 263, 6 November 1934, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

ROXY AND TIVOLI. "This Man Is Mine," a modern romantic drama, is one of the two feature films to be released jointly to-morrow at the Eoxy and Tivoli Theatres. Irene Dunne is starred, and Constance Cumin ings, Kay Johnson, Sidney Blacknier, Charles Starrett, Ralph Bellamy, and Vivian Tobin make up the cast. Irene and Ralph are cast as a happily-married couple;—until Constance secured a divorce and comes back to town. Constance was once upon a time engaged to Ralph; 6he was, in fact, so nearly married to him that she jilted him at the church door. Irene makes her plans, one of which is to throw her husband and Constance together. She is obsessed with the idea that Ralph still loves the vagrant Constance, and is determined to find out. She reckons without the experience of her rival, for Constance immediately vamps Ralph. So there is a situation which falls right into the hands of the director. Irene Dunne is sincere and wholesome in "This Man Is Mine." Constance Cummings, with her orchids and her amazing clothes, is a fine foil. This satirical comedy, which is set in luxurious surroundings, was adapted from the play, "Love Flies In the Window." The other film, "Wharf Angel," is both diverting and exciting. Victor McLaglen is the ship's stoker, who sees in Dorothy Dell (the late muchlamented) the angel of his dreams. Preston Foster knows more about women, but he too, adores Dorothy. Alison Skipworth keeps the saloon known as "Mother Blight's Place," and makes of her role a gem of portraiture. The beauty of Dorothy Dell and her undoubted talent show what a loss to pictures her untimely death meant. She is Toy, living on the waterfront, but she presents her lady of easy virtue as a creature of light and shade.. With Preston Foster 6he is charming, and with McLaglen she is the sort of girl one might expect to find in "Mother Bright's Place." "GAIETIES OF 1934." Stanley McKay's "Gaieties of 1934" com* pany arrived by the Marama at Wellington to-day. They should arrive here to-morrow morning, and will go into extensive rehearsals for their forthcoming fortnight's season at His Majesty's Theatre, commencing with a matinee performance on Saturday. "Hullo, Auckland!" which promises to be a thoroughly enjoyable revue, is to be the opening sllOflr. Some of the performers are "Trampo," the comedian, who performs his feats on an ordinary clothes line; "The Three Alecs," French acrobatic clowns; Ivy I vol, graceful contortionist; "The Grecians ' featuring as "living statuary"; ' The Alexander Trio," remarkable hand balancers, and Frank Perrin, Ted Stanley, Victor Burke, Fred Argyle, Cecil Perry, Nell Fleming, Dorothy Arnold, Ray Foster and the orchestra and Australian ballet. Box plans will open to-morrow. LITTLE THEATRE PLAY. One of Noel Coward's earlier plays, "The Marquise," which the Auckland Little Theatre Society is to present for a four-night season at the Concert Chamber on November 16, subscribes to the popular historical vogue, inasmuch as it 6 locale is placed in old France. The producer, Mr. Frederick E. McCallum, has selected a particularly suitable cast.