ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 46, 18 November 1936, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

“The Man Who Could Work Miracles” at Regent In “The Man Who Could Work Miracles,” concluding to-morrow at the Regent Theatre, that great master of phantasmagoria, _ 11. G._ Wells, has conjured up a series of exciting, thrilling and humorous scenes born of his conception of what might happen if one earthworm were given the power to work miracles. The production by Alexander Korda is a miracle in itself. “Dodsworth.” Judging by its reception elsewhere, the new programme at the Regent Theatre on Friday should prove popular. The main picture, ‘‘Dodsworth,’’ is a long way ahead of average in entertainment value, and the featurettes which precede it form one of the best collections seen for some time. “Mickey’s Grand Opera,’ a Walt Disney colour film, is diverting entertainment in itself. “Dodsworth” was written by the Nobel Prize winner Sinclair Lewis, adapted by the Pulitzer Prize winner Sidney Howard and produced by Samuel Goldwyn. Walter Huston plays Sam Dodsworth, a successful producer of motor-cars, who after 20 years of incessant toil starts off on a world tour with his wife. He shows no jealousy when his selfish, stupid, vain wife carries on flirtations on _ the liner Queen Mary, also in Paris, Vienna and other places. After his wife craves a divorce Dodsworth falls in love with a pretty widow and converts a life of sacrifice into one of happiness. “San Francisco” in Final Two Days at Majestic After a season of a month at the Majestic Theatre, “San Francisco,” a story with its climax in the dread earthquake and fire which shattered the godless city of 1906, will conclude to-mor-row evening. AU the actors, from the stars to the least, give intelligent and unforced performances in a story which is not only cleverly conceived and constructed but which can truly be said t° mean something. “Suzy.” “Suzy."’ the new screen attraction opening on Friday at the Majestic Theatre, tells a story of a musical comedy actress stranded in London at the outbreak of the World War and caught iu the web of war-time espionage. Jean Harlow is starred in the new production, and has two of the screen’s most popular leading men in Franchot Tone and Cary Grant. Different from any role in which Miss Harlow has over appeared, it is one that she personally requested to <lo, and advance reports' have it that the role is by far Miss Harlow’s finest screen characterisation. “Suzy” marks the third reunion of Miss Harlow and Franchot Tone as screen sweethearts within two years. Their previous appearances together were in “The Girl from Missouri" and “Reckless.” Cary Grant, completing the romantic triangle, appears with the star for the first time. “Three Wise Guys” and Louis v. Sharkey at St. James In conjunction with a complete record of the short but colourful boxing match between Joe Louis and Jack Sharkey, “The Three Wise Guys.” a breezy comedy adapted from Damon Runyon s prize short story, .will screen finally tomorrow evening at the St, James Theatre. The director, George Seitz, has caught the spirit of Runyon’s hutnoiwis philosophy toward modern youth in “The Three Wise Guys.” “My Man Godfrey.” William Powell as a “forgotten man” who becomes' prize exhibit in a “scavenger hunt” and then turns butler, and Carole Lombard, as the daughter of an extremely wealthy and extremely scatter-brained family, head the cast of the new Universal comedy “My Man Godfrey,” the first of the St. James Theatre’s extended season attractions, which will open on Friday. Two Exciting Films at New Opera House Action and excitement are the keynotes of the double-feature programme at the New Opera House. Thrilling drama and tense situations are shown in "The Final Hour,” in which the leading roles are taken by Ralph Bellamy. Marguerite Churchill and John Galludet. The story opens with one of the leading attorneys in the country taking to drink and letting his career slide when his wife deserts him. An exciting Western, “Law Beyond the Range," has Tim McCoy in the leading role. The story deals with an election campaign for sheriff