ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 239, 6 July 1931, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

DE LUXE THEATRE. A double-feature programme is at the Do Luxe Theatre. The first attraction is "Children of Chance,” a modern drama of London life among society crooks, a story which develops along intriguing lines. A smart girl is out to secure a lovely string of pearls, but her double comes on the scene. The second part of the programme is devoted to a wartime extravaganza, a comedy which keeps the audience in a roar of laughter from start to finish. “Old Soldiers Never Die” is its title. It gives London recruiting scenes, in which the two principals find themselves enlisted under amusing circumstances. . Mr.. Paul T. Cullen is at the Wurlitzer. The orchestra is under Mr. L. D. Austin, ST. JAMES THEATRE. A crowded house on Saturday evening at St. James Theatre greeted what proved to be one of the biggest, and best entertainments seen for quite a while. “Sit Tight” features popular Winnie Lightner, most virile of comediennes, in association with her mirth-provoking partner, Joe E- Brown. The pair, in the characters of Dr. Winnie O’Neill and Jojo, run a health'institute, and physical culture farm, where the irrepressible Winnie I trains and teaches wrestlers in wild, weird and wonderful fashion' with fun-produc-ing results. The play, which also carries a love story, is above the average. Box plans are at the Bristol and also at the theatre. “LET US BE GAY." “Hay Fever." which is now on at the Grand Opera House, will be followed by “Let Us Bo Gay,” which will be staged for a two nights and a matinee season on Wednesday. The play is described as witty, provoking and skilfully constructed. The story of “Let Us Be Gay" is said to be adroit and fascinating, the enactment of the theme bringing the play to an interesting climax. Miss Morrison, the successful New Zealand actress, won great praise throughout the Australian tour of the company for her performance as the fbin-tempered, outspoken and cig-arette-smoking Mrs. Boucicault, who is determined to force her personality upon everyone. Miss Mary Macgregor plays the role of Kitty Brown, and Mr. J. B. Rowe appears as Bob. Mr. Leslie Victor has the part of Wallace Granger, and others jn the cast are Messrs. Noel Boyd, Roger Barry, John Wood, Reginald Wykeham, and Misses Mona Barloe and Eileen Morris. The production will be under the supervision of Mr. G. D. Parker. KILBIRNIE KINEMA. Charlie Chaplin, the favourite comedian of nearly two decades, is seen in his biggest success, “City Lights," which is bring screened nightly at the Kilbirnie Kin ema.

. REGENT THEATRE. Ralph Lynn, although entirely different :n method and manners, has become the Charles Chaplin of the British screen, and that, too, without deserting his, “daily bread” of the Aldwych Theatre, London. In “Tons of Money” (by the late Will Evans and Valentine), at the Regent- Theatre, this charming delineator of side-splitting fools made the laughing success of the year. In the ridiculous story, Aubrey AUington, up to his eyes in debt, inherits 150,000 dollars from a dead cousin in Mexico, but on considering the debts, it is figured out that little of it will bo left after they are paid. •, As, .in the case of Aubrey's death, the fortune is to go to George Maitland, Aubrey’s clever wife Louise suggests that he should die and come to life as Maitland, and so defeat the creditors, So he blows himself up in his own explosive factory, and returns home as the supposedly dead George Maitland, there to meet with George’s real wife, to whom he has to show conjugal affection even in the presence of the outraged Louise. PARAMOUNT THEATRE. Janet Gaynor and -Charles Farrell take the leading parts in “The Man Who Came Back,” now in its second week at the Paramount Theatre. The picture is one that makes unusual calls on the power of the “leads,” as they both have to assume widely different characters at various times; a current of heavy drama runs steadily through the whole performance, depicting the fight of two persons who have fallen far to regain their selfrespect and win for themselves and each other a place among the commfinity that neither needs feel ashamed of. The supporting programme is an excellent one. MAJESTIC THEATRE. - The; heartiest kind of laughter was heard at the Majestic Theatre on Saturday evening, where a capacity house was entertained and amused in most thorough fashion by clever Marion Davies, the Inimitable comedienne, and a very clever cast of supporting artists in Metro-Gold-, wyn-Mayer’s brilliant comedy, “It’s a Wise Child,” a well-dono adaptation of the lato Dayid Belasco’s celebrated stage success. Tho popular Marjon, kho appears as an ultra-modern girl, smashes bighpower motor-cars and men’s hearts with equal facility, and causes nd end of fun while she is doing so. Box plans are at the Bristol and also at tho theatre. KING’S THEATRE. “Viennese Nights,” Warner Bros, and Vitaphone all-dialogue, singing, and technicolour • operetta, is at the King’s Theatre. In this production tho indefinable charm and joyousness of Vienna, the ancient and glamorous capital, has been caught a»d preserved.