MAYFAIR

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21445, 10 April 1935, Page 8

MAYFAIR

"ONE NIGHT OF LOVE"

Song and story have never been blended so successfully as in "One Night of Live," which is now in its fourth week at the Mayfair Theatre. The film, with the glorious Grace Moore, of the Metropolitan Opera, New York, as its star, cannot fail to captivate and hold an audience spellbound throughout the whole programme. Superlatives might be employed to extol Grace Moore's singing, but the best proof of her abilities in this direction can be gained by a visit to the theatre. Not only her singing calls for praise, however, for she is a very fine actress, and possesses in addition uncommon beautyand charm. In her role as a budding opera singer, Grace Moore has opportunity to introduce many fine operatic excerpts, such as the "Habanera" aria from "Carmen," and "One Fine Day," from "Madame Butterfly." A fine cast supports the star, its chief member being Tullio Carminati.

'HELL IN THE HEAVENS"

On Friday next "Hell in the Heavens," described as a thrilling romance of death and danger in the skies, starring Warner Baxter, will begin a season at the Mayfair Theatre. The star of a long and notable series of screen successes, including "The 'Cisco Kid," "Grand Canary," "In Old Arizona," "Stand Up and Cheer," and "Paddy the Next Best Thing," Warner Baxter is said to contribute his greatest performance to the new Fox film. This time he is cast as an American flyer in the Lafayette Escadrille; who is promoted by death to fill his captain's place. The producer has surrounded the star with one of the most distinguished supporting casts in years. Conchita Montenegro, who appeared with Baxter in "The 'Cisco Kid," is again seen opposite him. Russell Hardie, who was so successful in "Pursued" and "As the Earth Turns," has an important juvenile role. Other members of the cast are Herbert Mundin, Andy Devine, Ralph Morgan. Vince Barnctt. William Sidling, J. Carrol Naish, and Johnny Arthur.

CRYSTAL PALACE

"SIX-DAY DIKE RIDER"

Laughter is provoked by almost every incident of "Six-day Bike Rider" which is now being shown at the Crystal Palace Theatre, and the film will greatly enhance the- reputation which Joe E. Brown already enjovs as a comedian. The principal action of the story, as the title implies, is in the running of the famous American six-day bicycle race, and the absurdity of the events winch happen before Brown and his partner beat the field only make the film the funnier. The film abounds in incident, and when it is not funny, it is rcaliy thrilling.

"DESIRABLE"

"Desirable," a line dramatic story, which was written especially for that outstanding actress, Jean Muir, will be screened at the Crystal Palace Theatre on Saturday. Miss Muir has been given the finest opportunity of her career in this dramatic story, and she gives a really brilliant performance. She has the role of a young and unsophisticated girl who has been secluded from childhood in a boarding school by her mother, a brilliant ac'-.-ss who fears that public knowledge that she has a grown daughter will dim her own popularity. George Brent gives the most convincing performance as the man-about-town, once in love with the mother, but who turns to the daughter because of her simple charm and lack of affectation. Brent seems more spontaneous, more magnetic and compelling. He seems to have overcome a seemingly studied self-repression and gives his real self to the character role. Verree Teasdalc is quite as dazzling as Miss Muir as the mother, temperamental and jealous of her own daughter to the extent of being willing to ruin her life to further her own career. The entire cast is a talented one and includes John Halliday, always a finished actor, who plays the role ot a lover of Miss Teasdalc-; Charles Starrett, as the scion of an aristocratic family, whose engagement to the boarding school girl is broken, to the satisfaction of his thoroughly shocked mother; Pauline True, Joan Wheeler, Barbara Leonard, and Virginia Hammond. CIVIC "MISTKfc'SS OF ATLANTIS" AND "THAT'S A GOOD GIRL" "Mistress of Atlantis," an exciting drama, and "That's a Good Girl," an hilarious comedy, will be screened for three more days only at the Civic AllBritish Theatre.

Based on the belief that beyond the deserts of Egypt there still exists a cit • of ancient civilisation, "Mistress of "Atlantis" is an old story that loses nothing by its retelling. Unfolding against a background of great beauty, the story tells of the unusual adventures of an army officer whose wandering steps take him in a strange manner to the lost city. John Stuart, a popular young English actor, is the star, and the principal feminine role is taken by Brigitte Helm, a Continental stage beauty. "That's a Good Girl," starring the ever-popular Jack Buchanan, is now having a return season, and bids fair to be as big a success as it was in its original presentation. It is one of Britain's brilliant comedies, in which the debonair Buchanan in his own cheerful fashion moves through a succession of irresistibly amusing adventures. Supporting him are Elsie Randolph and Vera Pearce. Box plans are now open at the theatre, where seats may be reserved at no extra cost.