ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 297, 12 September 1934, Page 4

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. Enthralling drama on a remarkably large scale is to be seen in “The House of Rothschild,” which, at the Regent Theatre, tells of the historic attempt of Europe to break the most powerful and wealthy of all families. The star is none other than George Arliss Supporting him are Loretta Young, Boris Karloff, Robert Young, and Mrs. Florence Arliss. There are good supports. DE LUXE THEATRE. “White Ensign,” at the De Luxe Theat re is a stirring drama of the sea, the co-operation of the British Admiralty having made it possible for the tale to revolve round the manoeuvres of H.M.S. Hawk in her efforts to relieve a small colony of British subjects besieged by a band of revolutionaries. Anthony Knnmins and the beautiful Molly Lamont are the stars. Paul T. Cullen entertains nt the Wurlitzer. and a special attraction is 'the Roland Sextette, a talented family of young musicians. “Hollywood Party.” “Hollywood Party,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s much heralded spectacle, most glamorous musical in film history, comes to the De Luxe Theatre on Friday. Presenting a distinctly new form of entertainment, with music, dancing and spectacle woven into a logical drama, it boasts: Fifteen hundred of Hollywood’s most beautiful girls; great glass and cellophane settings, animated scenery, shadow marionettes and other spectacular detail; gorgeous costumes, many of them in cellophane; and the greatest song hits of the year, written by the three foremost popular song teams of to-day. MAJESTIC THEATRE. Bv special arrangement with R.K.O. Radio Pictures, the management of the Majestic Theatre have secured for the Australasian premiere to-day the hilarious, fast-moving comedy melange, “Cockeyed Cavaliers.” Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey are the stars, with Thelma Todd and Dorothy Lee in support. Included in the production are the latest song-hits, “The Big Bad Wolf is Dead” and “I Love fo Dilly Dally. The supports comprise a Pathe News, Audio Review, cartoon and musical comedy. and at the evening sessions the Majestic Stage Presentation Band. ST. JAMES THEATRE. A merry melange of songs, sketches, dance numbers, and uproarious farces is “The Laugh Parade,” the last vaudeville programme of the Clem Dawe company in its present Wellington season. There is no more conscientious buffoon in this class of quick-moving revue than Mr. Dawe, who is seldom off the stage for more than a few minutes during the entire evening. STATE THEATRE. A powerful story of a girl who cast aside wealth to assist the cause of the less fortunate is one of the two attractions which is at. the State Theatre. In “I Believed in You,” Rosemary Ames, Victor .lory and John Boles give accomplished performances. The other film, “Fire Raisers,” is a dramatic tale of a crooked circle who prey on insurance companies and underwriters. “Hoopla.” That wild redhead heroine in hundreds of popular films a few years ago, Clara Bow, will come to the State Theatre on Friday in “Hoopla.” PLAZA THEATRE. Ben Travers’s clever pen is responsible for the film, “The Cuckoo in the Nest,” at the Plaza Theatre. An unalloyed delight is Tom Walls back in partnership with Ralph Lynn, Mnry . Brough, Robertson Hare, Yvonne Arnaud and Company. “A Cuckoo in the Nest” is the story of absurd misunderstandings involving two eminently respectable married couples. Tom Walls, disguised in military trappings apd chronically inebriated, is even more amusing than when he is playing “straight” comedy. Ralph Lynn, like; wise lives right up to his reputation. RING’S THEATRE. “Before the Dawn,” an Edgar Wallace mystery story dramatised in weird and startling manner, is screening at the King’s Theatre. It introduces a novelty in a beautiful girl whose psychic gift is utilised by the police to solve a murder. The second feature is “The Silver Cord.” Double Feature Programme. Coming to the King’s Theatre on Friday is George E. Stone, Phillips Holmes, and Fay Wray in “The Big Brain” mid Henry Kendall’s “The Man Outside.” PARAMOUNT THEATRE. “On the Air” is now screening at the Paramount Theatre. All the famous etars of the British radio are in the picture, into which are woven all manner of specialty turns of high calibre. Mr. Paul T. Cullen is at the organ. “Lily of Killarney.” On Friday next at the Paramount an outstanding attraction will be “The Lily of Killarney.” GRAND OPERA HOUSE. Limitless thrills and sustained sus; pense arc given in “Crime On the Hill,” a fine English film at the Grand Opera House. A romance of London is revealed in “The Fortunate Fool,” a fulllength contribution to an enjoyable programme. ■ . .