DE LUXE THEATRE

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 35, 4 November 1933, Page 4

DE LUXE THEATRE

“Doctor Bull” The rough, homely humour of Will Kogers, eratwhile champion lariat-throw-er and America’s most popular wisecracker, finds apt and satisfying expression in “Doctor Bull,” a picture adapted from James G. Cozzan’a novel, “The Last Adam,” screened at the De Luxe Theatre last evening. Doctor Bull is the dear old rough diamond general practitioner of New Winton, getting on in years, yet working like a dog for everyone’s good health and happiness. His friendship for Jauet Cardmaker sets the tongues of the scandal-mongers going and “gets him in bad’’ with a certain set in this small town, so that when there is an outbreak of typhoid he is made the scapegoat. It is the drainage from the camp of vested interests which has caused the trouble, and old “Doc” Bull knows it. A public meeting is called to bring about his dismissal from office as health inspector. It is Janet Cardmaker who openly defends him and charges the guilty parties, but what really puts the “Doc” on his rightful throne is the cure of a young man who has been given up by an expensive specialist. Curtain happiness comes with his marriage to Janet, who has always recognised the fine gold of his character. The picture is redolent with the dry humour native to Will Rogers, and will be appreciated by all who find entertainment in the foibles of smalltown society. The programme also includes Fox and Universal news reels, some magnificent views of Italy’s share of the Sahara desert, and a comic “Romeo and Juliet” cartoon. Miss Iris Mason played a “Rose Marie” nnd other selections on the Wurlitzer organ. GRAND OPERA HOUSE * “The Working Man” The fact that it had been already screened at the Regent Theatre for a fortnight did not affect in any way the reception given to that excellent prodtic- . tion, “The Working Man,” which was' shown at the Grand Opera House for the first time last night. In it, George Arliss, usually so immaculate, is seen in the role of a rather dishevelled toiler for a mere weekly wage. His character portrayal, however, is wholly delightful, and the picture makes entertainment of the highest order. In the story, a long.fishing trip is interrupted by a chance to do an old friend a good turn in disguise, and the sOedy appearance of the character Mr. Arliss portrays is the disguise.

DE LUXE, LOWER HUTT The most revolutionary picture for years—that, is the claim made for “Strange Interlude,” starring Norma Shearer and Clark Gable, which screens at the De Luxe Theatre, Lower Hutt, this afternoon, to-night, and Monday night.- If is the first picture in which the thoughts as well as the words of the players arc heard. Screening Tuesday and Wednesday nights is ‘‘Reunion . in Vienna,” with John Barrymore anil Diana Wypyard. It is a romance with a background of charming Viennese waltzes. An eerie, spooky motion picture, "which for sheer mystery outdoes all its predecessors, is “White'Zombie,” Which shows next Thursday and Friday nights. The story concerns itself with a human fiend who digs freshly-buried bodies from their graves and puts them to work. GRAND, PETONE “Just My Luck,” in which Ralph Lynn and Winifred Shotter, together with Robertson Hare and Vera Pearce, are featured. should prove a special attraction at the Grand Theatre, PAone, where it will be screened for the first time to-day at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. “Just My Luck,” which is an excellent comedy from beginning to end, has enjoyed a wide measure of success elsewhere in competition with other productions of a high order. It will also be screened on Monday at S p.m.