AMUSEMENTS.

Auckland Star, Volume LVXIII, Issue 53, 4 March 1937, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS.

REGENT THEATRE

When Hollywood MMjuii,.« 4 fiiieiuu background, us Samuel (Jul.lu.Mi ,li,l i,.,his production ul "Beloved hm.ni>." „, which Merle oboioii mid Brian Ali.-ni" .11 <• starring currently at the Rei/en! J heatre, it finds it clone t,, 1,,,,,,,. ,„, ,),,. spacious grounds (.1 the LplifleiV Cliilj in hiintr .Monica Canyon. Since 1021 Unwinding mud*, bridle putliM, wooded (I,l'h and |)ol<i field of this rustic estate have served as motion-picture wettings fur Hollywood h ms on an average. <»1 three titin'-H a month. The oiiku, wyianioiw, willows and eucalyptus trees and laurel hedges that crowd the I'plifteiV acre* have doubled lor scenic buckgrounde of Kngluiid. Ireland, all of Europe, and, in fuet, every one ot America's own eastern, middle -western and southern State. "Beloved Knemy" required Mcenra allowing .Merle Oberon and Brian Alierne pyeling through the Jrish lountiyeide, and the twisting roads of tlio dull grounds provided perfect settings. Jt was Merle Oberon's third trip to the wooded eanyon since she has l>een working (or (Joldwvn. her two jneviou. vehicle*. "The ])aik Angel -, ami "Thetie Three" also having railed for backgrounds wliich only (',<-' versatile petiite could prinidp. Kvciv Ktmlio in Hollywood has lined the 120 acres, the only estate in California where oak, sycamore .and cyprus tree* are found iirim-iiiK together. "The (jay Denperado," "Heart*! Divided," "Daviil Copperfield " "Little Lord Kauntleroy." "L,. R MiseV iibleH mid "One Rainy Afternoon" were iiinonu tlie films that showed glimp*en of the famotiM grounds. EMBASSY THEATRE. The Kinbassy Theatre lias for it« new release to-day something different from the usual Hollywood fare -"CraiK'x Wife." Made by Columbia J'ictures, this film prosents Rosalind Ruseell in the most during iole attempted by a woman for a lone time. John Boles in leading man in "(rain's Wife," and Billie Burke w tho pleasant neighbour who drope in with flowers from her garden, flowem that are always unwanted by Harriet Craig. Harriet cannot bear anything ho unconventional as a rose grown outside a hot house to mar the perfection of the house to which she has given her soul. Alma Kfiiuer play* Craig's aunt, driven from his home by Harriet'* iilwolute ruthleMWness. and Jane Darwell is the cook. Rosalind Russell is as definitely of the utage as Miss Darwell herself, although ho many veils divide them. The well-poised Rosalind brought herself to Broadway \in tent shows, vaudeville, stock companies Ami one-night stands. .lane Darwell whr in (ilms in their earliest day*. Then nhe went on to the stnire and returned to Hollywood after nearly 20 yenrs , absence. ST. JAMES' THEATRE. "There has never been an age without it* beauty secgets." Joan Crawford sat back in her dressing-room chair and looked at her very modern dressing table. The picture was a strange combination of the old and the new. Jon*, in her gown of 1H23 for "The Gorgeous Hussy." which is now showing at the St. James' Theatre, reflected in an ultra-modern mirror, surrounded by electric light*, easting back iniiigeH of all the modern nid«t to make-up. "The only difference between modern u'irls and their grandmothers lien in the fact that in earlier yenr* girls were secretive about their beauty aids," she laughed. "They would never admit that their beauty was not wholly natural and that they achieved the bloom on their cheeks from painful pinchina instead of from Nature." From the bookshelf in her dressing loom on 'The (iorgeous Hussy" -'•( Miss Crawford pulled down a huge volume. "Listen to th's one." she sai.l. It was a recine for banishing freckle*, bleaching the «l;in and promoting a youthful nod milk-white complexion. The ingredients eonsis<"d of cucumber pulo Hid buttermilk, allowed to stand for «S hoiil-K. strained through a cheesecloth sack ■ind then applied to the skin. "To<-,th p.isle ~r powder was iiiihe,nd of," sh" said. "Instead, i>ll ymiins ladies who xoiiellt a boiiiitifnl smile and white, irlixtcning trejli. chewed I'reat tpiant it ies of orris root, or robbed this |>' , idiict of nature on their teetli and c'ims."

AMUSEMENTS GUIDE

HIB MAJEBTVS THEATRE Monte Cm In Kiishi.-in Bullet. PICTURE THEATRES. ST. JAMES— UoliPit Tnvlor nral .loin Criiwrorrl In "The ('■nrfrfriim Hnisy." iWAJESTfC— T<->m Wall" nnrt ln-nv «tofk Held In "DiMionoiir Hrlirhl" and MmItrliin in "KUlfr at l.iirire " REGENT — MPlle ntiPiini Jiiiii Itr;in Ali'Miir In "lU'lnvpfl I iioniv " EMBABSY- ".I'.liM Moles , n<l |(~.-.ill nd liny. sell in "i:r:il(r".- J \\"lr«- " LONDON I! l>l.v !■■< I'M in "i ■■: < Nut i Airiilli" Hllil T mi heeiie in "CulliP nil I iinntfer." AMBASSADOR <■•>■ -I M(f)H ASTOR ■■Tμ- Knr- — I •-! -- inn" hiiil "Khi.\ ." : AVONDALE "\>i l.m :" anil ■M I **!.*.•• ipjn " i BRITANNIA ■'I'liv.ite Miiiilht" iiln! ••Tun j .lliy'-i i.Miesl." I CAPITOL- ■■-.•Iμ I rani-l->-n " QAIETY ■>W\UH TmiP." GAIETY (Otehuhu) 11-llll'»nfl " GREY LYNN ■-Hi" IT'Vlew Murfli-r Mv« riT.v Mini ••11 , - i <;.■ >• ii i !!•■ " KINC.BLAND linesl PRINCE EDWARD -i.nr-l ,N:nnt. STAR (Newton) —■'Jllie or 1n.1i.i." STATE (Svmond* Street) -"111- l.i iit)ii-r'-W:r>'." STRAND (Onehunga) —Mir.-i .\.,li! TUDOR ■ I'm! I ii.-K . ■• VICTORIA- iiDe.M M(fht.