ENTERTAINMENTS

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 140, 10 March 1938, Page 16

ENTERTAINMENTS

New Paramount Screens “It Happened One Night” Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert give what are perhaps the finest performances of their careers iu “It Happened One Night,” which is screening at the New Paramount Theatre. Clark Gable is cast as an adventurous newspaperman out of a job, while Miss Colbert is a pampered society heiress. "Rose Marie.” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's musical superb, “Rose Marie,” commences at the Paramount Theatre to-morrow. Jeanette MacDonald is starred with Nelson Eddy. Others in the cast arc Reginald Owen and Allan Jones. A supporting feature will be “Going Bye Bye,” with Laurel and Hardy. Plaza Screening “Victoria The Great” Anna Neagle, favourite of the English screen, plays the star role of Queen Victoria in the film “Victoria the Great,” which is showing at the Plaza Theatre. Anton AValbrook, celebrated dramatic actor, is bracketed with her as Prince Albert, and H. B. AVarner fills the important role of Lord Melbourne. Many important and leading events of Victoria’s reign form dramatic highlights in the film. “The Hurricane” And “First Offence” At King’s

Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall head a great cast, which includes Mary Astor, C. Aubrey Smith, Thomas Mitchell, Raymond Massey, John Carradine and Jerome Cowan, in “The Hurricane.” which is in its last day at the King’s Theatre. The , supporting feature is "First Offence,” , with John Mills and Lilli Palmer. “Charlie Chan on Broadway.” ’ Called into action on New York's ' I “Great White Way,” Charlie Chan in- 1 vades the night clubs to seek the killer whose double murder casts a shadow of s terror over Manhattan’s gayest spots in 1 the newest of his Twentieth Century-Fox ’ screen adventures, “Charlie Chan on ] Broadway,” opening to-morrow at the i King’s Theatre. It’s “candid-camera « night” in a swanky midtown cabaret, and t as the flashlights of a hundred enthusias-

tic “minicam” fans boom, death strikes, then strike's again, bringing Chan, fresh from his sleuthing triumphs in distant lands, to confront the most baffling adventure of his career. AVarner Gland is featured in his familiar outstanding characterisation of the Chinese detective, and prominent roles in the cast are played by Keye Luke as Chan’s “number one son,” J. Edward Bromberg, Joan Marsh, Louise Henry, Joan Woodbury, Donald Woods, Douglas Fowley and Harold Huber. From the confusion of circumstances Chan manages in his quiet, philosophical fashion to piece together an amazing solution that is thrillingly proved in a surprising climax. Eugene Forde directed the film, with John Stone as associate producer.

“Topper” Screening At Majestic 11 Theatre Photographic effects, highly technical and spectacular on the screen, are intro- ; duced to portray the startling and hilarious episodes of beautiful ghosts, fluttering - through space in “Topper,’’ the current :. attraction at the Majestic Theatre. Constance Bennett and Ctiry Grant are costarred for the first time, and the name part is played by Roland Young. Thorne Smith, the author of the story, dedicated one of his “Topper” books to Roland Young, which corroborates the studio’s f idea of casting Young for his role in the s picture. “You’re A Siveetheart” At St. 1 James Theatre ! “You're a Sweetheart,” the B. G. ; (“Buddy”) De Sylva production screen- ’ ing at the St. James Theatre, stars Alice ■ Faye and George Murphy, and has a sup- ’ porting cast of crack entertainers from screen and radio. Miss Faye sings three hit numbers. “You’re a Sweetheart.” “So IGs Love” and “Scrapin’ the Toast.” Miss June Barson, winner of the New Zealand Deanna Durbin voice quest, is singing at the matinees and evening screenings of the film. “It’s a Grand Old World.” The next attraction at the St. James Theatre will be “It's a Grand Old World,” featuring Sandy Powell. Double-Feature Programme At De Luxe “Sparkles,” which is screening at the De Luxe Theatre, stars Jessie Matthews in a singing and dancing role. Don Terry is starred in “A Dangerous Adventure,” the associate film. “The AA’omen Men Marry.” Capital punishment as a factor in a domestic triangle has provided the screen with a new dramatic twist in “The AVomen Men Marry,” which commences tomorrow at the De Luxe Theatre. George Murphy and Josephine Hutchinson have the leading roles, with a strong supporting cast. “The Squeaker” At State Theatre Edmund Lowe is starred in "The Squeaker." which is screening at the State Theatre Handsome Sebastian

Shaw, Ann Todd, the beautiful and gifted blonde Korda “find,” and Tamara Desni, the exotic Russian beauty, are others in the cast. The second of the 1938 series of “March of Time” is a supporting feature. “Lancer Spy.” Acclaimed as the most successful spy story ever told because of its vivid reality, Twentieth Century-Fox’s “Lancer Spy.” featuring Dolores Del Rio, George Sanders and Peter Lorre, which will coml mence at the State Theatre to-morrow, | owes much of its authentic and convincing 1 atmosphere to Lieutenant: Hans von Mor- I hart, named technical advisor by Darryl F. Zanuck, producer. Directed by Gregory Ratoff, in his behind-the-camera debut, “Lancer Spy” was written by Philip Dunne, and based on the novel by Marthe McKenna. Virginia Field. Sig Ruman. Joseph Schildkraut, Maurice Moscovich. Lionel Atwill and Luther Adler are included in the cast. A gay and light-hearted dance festival. resplendent < with gorgeous uniforms and gowns and gleaming | with bright. lights and cut glass, such as was frequently staged in Berlin during the darkest hours of the late war to maintain popular morale, is a musical highlight of “Lancer Spy.” | “The Life Of Emile Zola” At ' Regent Theatre Warner Bros, great screen achievement “The Life of Emile Zola” is screening at the Regent Theatre. This massive "and brilliant combination of biographical nar- | rative and historic drama is- one of the I outstanding productions of the year and ; it is made of greater importance by Paul | Muni’s portrayal of the French firebrand I novelist Emile Zola, a portrait that outshines his notable Louis Pasteur. Also in the film are Gale Sondergaard, Erin O’Brien-Moore, Joseph Schildkraut and many others.