ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 187, 6 May 1931, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. “The Right to Love," at the Regent Theatre,, has Ruth Chatterton as the star. In It she appears in three distinct parts. It is a highly dramatic story of three generations of women engaged in a desperate struggle to attaiii the love which is their heritage. As Naomi Keilog on a farm in the Middle .West, she has her romance with a young neighbour, but he is killed in a harvest accident and their secret is discovered. Her parents forge her into marriage with a man old enough to be her father, and a little daughter is born. The years go by and the girl, now grown up, has her romance which Naomi’s husband destroys, and the girl goes to China as a missionary. Here she again falls in love with au impulsive, buoyant young man who desires to change the monotony of her mission life. Reaction causes her to change her mind and continue the career she has chosen. The girl reflects on the position, and Anally decides that she will accept the love which is her right. . v. “Feet First.” Harold Lloyd in his newest Paramount release, "Feet First,” with a brand new bag of tricks that will make your sides ache with laughter, comes to the Regent Theatre on Friday. There’s action to every second, topping the thrills of “Safety Last.” This time, the Monarch of Mirth comes us a smiling shoe clerk, pursuing a beautiful girl, charming Barbara Kent, who appeared with Harold Lloyd in "Welcome Danger.” “Feet First” is the comedy king’s second big nil-talking picture. It is a high and dizzy romance, that will send the chills up and down one’s spine, and is nn event that the whole family will look forward to with keen anticipation. It has a supporting cast, which includes Robert McWadc, Lillanne Leighton, Alec. Francis and Noah Young. GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Two feature pictures;’., are on . the Grand Opera House programme. The first was one starring Henry Edwards, of "The Flag Lieutenant” fame, In “The Call of the Sea,” a picture which gave more of the dashing flag lieutenant’s adventures,this time on ah island where a vice-consul is endeavouring to\ keep secret the discovery of a platinum mine. Henry Edwards’s portrayal of a simple, ingenuous naval officer who lias more brains than one would think from his manners and conversation, is a really excellent one The other attraction . stars the vivacious Clara Bow, and is entitled “Her Wedding Night.” It is pure, straight-out comedy, gay and lively all the way through, and dealing with what might be termed a "marriage mix up.”

"Silver Horde” and “Sap from Syracuse.” Epochal days in development of a great industry in the virgin territory of Alaska are depicted in “The Silver Horde,” Radio Pictures’ romantic drama, which opens on Friday at the Grand Opera House. The terrific struggle of Rex Beach’s famous characters is brought to the talking screen in a gripping manner, with Evelyn Brent, Louts Wolheim, and Joel McCrea invthe leading roles. Another feature on the programme is

“The Sap from Syracuse,” based on th? Broadway comedy of the same name which iiad an exceptionally successful run in New York last season. It is the sfory of a young outlander who boards a vessel for Europe and is, mistaken by all the passengers for a prominent mining engineer, reported to be travelling Incognito. PARAMOUNT THEATRE: ’

Now showing at the Paramount Theatre, “Min and . Bill” is a drama of the San .Francisco waterfront. It is one of the most powerful films shown since the coming of the “talkie,” and adds new glory to tho name of Miss Marie Bressler. She lives the part of Min, the dirty, caustie-tongued. but great-hearted, proprietress of a whartsldc boarding establishment frequented by all types of seafaring men. Wallace Beery is Bill, the grimy and comical skipper of a fishing boat and Min’s staunchest ally. The whole of Mln's heart and thoughts is centred upon Naney (Dorothy Jordan), a lovely yontig girl left by her mother at .the boarding-house, when a baby. KILBIRNIE KINEMA. “The Devil's Holiday” will .be shown at tho Kilbfrnle Kincma to-night. Nancy Carroll is the star of the production, a powerful drama well told and superbly acted.

DE LUXE THEATRE. George Arliss, the star of “Disraeli,” aas the feature role of “Old English” at the De Luxe Theatre. “Old English” is certainly a triumph both for Mr. Arliss and for Warner Brothers, the producers of the masterpiece. Mr. Arliss is superb. One cannot improve on that. It is, however, a sign of true genius that an actor can bring out other 111 ms and not drop one single inch from the standard he has previously set. In “Old English” Mr. Arliss has the part of a griimpj-, exacting old man of 81, who has a brain as active as that of a young man of 20. At the Wurlltzer organ, Mr. Paul. Cullen delights the audience. “Men On Call.” Deeds of thrilling heroism played against a background of romantic outdoor beauty mark the Fox movietone drama of Coast Guard life, “Men Ou Call,” featuring Edmund Lowe and Mae Clarke, opening at the De Luxe Theatre next Friday. John Blystone directed the story, which combines the allure of action, in which Coast Guardsmen are shown at work, at play, and heroic resciie work in which the loss of human, life is taken all in the day’s work, with picturesque outdoor scenes of Northern California’s beautiful coastline. William Harrigan, who scored such a distinct success in Born Reckless,” is seen as Lowe’s closest friend and rival for .Mac Clarke’s love. Warren Hymer, Sharon Lynn, and Joe Brown also have important roles, whil» George Corcoran and Ruth Warren complete the all-featured cast. The second feature is the audible film record of Command p r T D ’„ N ’ adventures in the jungles dL L n ia t ’i e m. itlcd ‘footing Tigers in India, a thrilling and breath-taking narrative of exploration and big game hunt’ng It is a production of outstanding merit, said t ! ° n „,? ll n l ”J ss *?°th “Simba” and “Africa Speaks in thrill and:realism.

. majestic theatre. . a 1 1 1 "’° days o£ merry Marion wnVi’nHth, the London actor lc P ei \ts his original stage performance cast hO ih aCl Ralph S orbe . B ’ alld a strong “ft •; nf I for it very decidedly is one of the best and most entertaining talking thne C<l 63 SGen in eHin -ifton for a long

; "The Middle Watch.” A brisk demand at the Bristol has alJ. c , a Y y , S' et . in for seats f °F "The Middle watch, which comes with a great reputation, not only from England but from America also, where even the American papers proclaim it to be one of the’ finest, if not the finest, farce comedies ever presented in talkies. It had its New Zealand premiere at Dunedin on April 4, and the critic of the ‘.‘Otago Daily Times” wrote of the performance there as follows:—“No one who has seen "The Middle Watch” will wonder that even America received it with enthusiasm . . , that it is the only British picture shown for an extended season on Broadway . . . that in British countries America will have to tnkc second place to England if British producers continue jo moke such pictures as this comedic masterpiece. Its enormous success at the Shaftsbury Theatre, London, is widely known, and its coming to the Majestic Theatre on Friday next is a happening of very special interest in the film history of Wellington. ST. .TAJIKS THEATRE.'. The popularity of that great actor George Arliss, and of John Galsworthy's truly brilliant play “Old English,” continues unabated at St. .Tames Theatre., The dramatisation of John Galsworthy’s novel “Old English” is undoubtedly a fine piece of film craft. The character of “Old English” has been very dearly limed by tho adaptor and the art of George Arliss is characterising the rakish old rascal who fights the battle of lite at tfie age of S 4 with a vigour that most men would lack in the middle years is so splendid that ho visualises for Ills audience a delineation that excels anything previously seen on'the talking screen. He is ably supported by an excellent English speaking cast. KING’S THEATRE. Packed with action and excitement from start to finish, Victor McLaglen’s newest Fox Movietone film, “A Devil with Women,” at the King’s Theatre, is a new type of story for MeLaglen and ho make's a success of his role as a reckless, hardbitten soldier of fortune in the service of a little “banana republic” along the Caribbean.