CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS
-CITY AND SUBURBAN THEATRES
REGENT THEATRE.
m*£ % ? ark An Sel-" which is the W« h^h™- f" the Regent Theatre fSl ■tF^i mtr°duces to the public for the first time in a stellar role the Australian actress Merle Oberon ffity. fulfils all that has been claimed for it. Miss Oberon eclipses all her previous efforts on the screen. t£«J • opposite role of Alan Trent, i!-edric March reveals to the full Cap f ac^ y *as a character actor, borne of the finest scenes in the picture occur alter his relief from the institution, when he is struggling against the melancholy and sense of uselessness brought about by his blindness. J.ne third corner of this most unusual triangle is occupied by Herbert MarShall, as Gerald Shannon, the self-sac-rifacing friend of Alan Trent and lover £££J y uVVac? c- The supporting cast is headed by Janet Beecher, John Halliday, Henrietta Crosman, Frieda Inescort, Claude Allister, and Cora Sue Collins. The remainder of the programme is most entertaining
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.
Some of the world's finest films have been produced in Germany, and "Girls J« Uniform," which is showing at the Grand Opera House, is one which has gained an international reputation since it was first screened in London in 1932. The picture is a most sensitive and delicate treatment of -adolescence. The characters in the picture are excellently played, and in such an even cast,_ and with most of the names previously unknown, there is no need to specify individuals, except to mention Dorothea Wieck as Fraulem yon' Bernberg, because this was the performance which secured Miss Wiecks engagement in two American pictures. Another brilliant performance is that of Hertha Thiele as the love-starved Manuela. The most grii> nmS Part of "Girls in Uniform" is decidedly the final series of episodes • ? dln&,_ up to Manuela's attempted suicide. The supporting programme is an excellent one.
DE LUXE THEATRE.
■"The Healer," which is the main IT f fK* th ie DS- Luxe Theatre, reveals the extraordinary situation of a_ greatly gifted healer of youthful children being lured away from his calling by an attractive feirl, A series of events leads to the great forest fire frouncl which are built the events of the latter part of the picture. Ralph Bellamy and Karen Morley are the stars. The supporting bill is aii attractive one.
Out of the seething activity and my 3 tery-ofthe world's newest metropolis comes the story of "Shanghai," the .Paramount film which comes on Friday to the De Luxe Theatre, and stars Charles Boyer with Loretta Young, with the scene of this great city ot the Orient for its background the pic ture tells -the story of a man who, coci cealing-.the secret of his ancestry, rise* Irom the gutters of the Chinese capital to ; its .heights as financia' master, only to [meet his greatest problem in his lov3 for a beautiful American girl Shanghai" features Warner Oland ired Keating, Alison Skipwovth, and Charley Grapewin.
PARAMOUNT THEATRE.
The adventures of an opera singer on Broadway provide the plot of 'Manhattan Moon," the musical comedy picture which is now showing at the Paramount Theatre. The stars in it are Ricardo Cortez, who has already established a reputation in roles such as he plays in this film, and beautiful- Dorothy Page, who makes her first appearance on the screen, after attaining nation-wide fame in the United States as a radio singer. The catchy, musical numbers and the sumptuous setting of Broadway assist in: making'"Manhattan Moon" a firstclass entertainment. There are wellvaried supports. Another of the intriguing Dashiell Hammett murder mysteries. "The Glass Key," starring George Raft, comes to the Paramount Theatre on Friday. "The Man on the Flying Trapeze," starring W. C. Fields, the famous comedian, supported by Mary Brian and Lucien Littlefield, will be the second attraction.
KING'S THEATRE,
"The Thirty-nine Steps," showing for -a further week at the King's Theatre, commences with panic in a London music-hall and the accidental meeting of a beautiful, mysterious woman, and Hannay a younsj Canadian, on holiday in England, and .grows more intriguing as the plot progresses. In answer "to the stranger's' request for temporary ,>rotection. Hannay takes her to his home, and is forthwith involved in a series of adventures. Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll are the stars.
PRINCESS THEATRE.
'.'The Scoundrel" is the vehicle chosen to bring Noel Coward to the screen in his initial film role. The picture, which heads the double-fea-ture programme at the Princess Theatre, is a brilliant and satiric treatment of : New York's smart set and its people. Julie Hay don, Stanley Ridges, Hope Williams, and Rosita Moreno are featured. "McFadden's Flats," is the additional attraction, with Walter C. Kelly, Andy Clyde, Richard Cromwell,', and Betty Furness in the main parts. The programme also includes the beautiful all-colour musical revue, "'Tis Spring."
SHORTT'S THEATRE.
Acclaimed by preview audiences as one of the most colourful and sparkling screen romances in seasons, the lavish Fox Film, "Love Time" now showing at Shortt's Theatre, stars "Pat" Paterson as the sweetheart of a worldfamed composer, and Nils Asther. Alice faye. Lew Ayres, Juck Durant, Frank Mitchell, and Harry Green are featured in "She Learned About Sailors." the second feature. There are good supports.
A stirring romance of a city nearly ruined by the crooked activities of a grafting politician, 'are found in Universal's newest photoplay, "Rendezvous at Midnight," which comes to Shortt's Theatre next Friday. Ralph Bellamy .and Valeric Hobson play the leading roles. "Lots of Fun," a comedy, with music, starring Edmund Lowe, will be the second fature.
OUR THEATRE, NEWTOWN.
The main feature at Our Theatre Newtown, tonight, is "The Lives or a Bengal Lancer," starring Gary Cooper, Franchot Tone, Richard Cromwell and Sir Guy Standing. This outstanding screen offering combines magnificence, sheer spectacle, and poignant drama in a remarkable manner. The second big attraction is Here Comes the Groom," starring Jack Haley, Mary Boland, and Neil Hamilton in a hilarious high-speed comedy. Excellent supports will be shown.
SEASIDE PICTURES, LYALL BAY.
In .Public Hero No. 1," which will be screened at the Seaside Pictures tonight at 8, Lionel Barrymore, Chester Morris, and a new sensation Joseph Calloia, will be seen in a fastmoving drama dealing with the pursuit and capture, of a notorious criminal. Laurel and Hardy will also be seen in Live Ghosts."
EMPIRE THEATRE, ISLAND BAY.
R.K.O. Radio Pictures' latest production "Breaker of Hearts," starring Katharine Hepburn and Charles Boyer, at the Empire Theatre, tells of a young composer who marries a great orchestra, leader but. leaves him through pride when she believes her love is only an incident in his career. A musical comedy, a scenic, and a Pathe newsreel complete the programme.
KHANDALLAH PICTURES
"Naughty Marietta," Mct.ro-Gold-wyn's musical masterpiece, co-starring •Teane.tte McDonald and Nelson Eddy, comes to Khandallob tonight.
MAJESTIC THEATRE.
As the central figure in the Paramount film, "Accent on Youth," now showing at the Majestic Theatre, Sylvia Sidney plays the part of a girl who has to choose between a dashing youth and a charming middle-aged man, both of whom love her. Miss Sidney is supported by Herbert Marshall and Phillip Reed. There is an excellent supporting programme. • Thrills and mystery are rampant, and laughs and romance play hide and seek with creepy chills and fantastic happenings in "The Hands of Orlac." a new drama of bewilderment which introduces an amazing new personality to the screen in Peter Lorre. It comes on Friday to the Majestic Theatre. Lorre, the European star of "M,," one of the sensational mystery thrillers of all time, "The Man Who Knew Too Much." and others that made him the talk of Europe, makes his debut in films as a mad surgeon, working uncanny medical magic, performing bizarre experiments, and figuring in an amazing plot. His astounding plot to ruin a husband to gain the woman he covets is the basis of the story.
ST. JAMES THEATRE.
A domestic story of unusual emotional force is showing at the St. James Theatre in "The Ag.; of Indiscretion," which features a fine cast— Paul Lukas, Madge Evans, Helen Yin son (wife of Fred Perry, the famous tennis player), Mary Rodsoii, Ralph Forbes, and young David Jack Holl 'Lukas plays the part of a publisher whose wife leaves him when his fortunes .dwindle and marries her lover The publisher retains the sod oil his marriage, but the mother 01 his exyife's. second husband, not understanding the position, desires to obtain custody of the boy and frames a charge against the publisher and his charming secretary that is the cause celebre ;:i a Court case. The old Jsdy has reckoned without the boy's love for his father, and there are dramatic scenes before all ends happily. There is an excellent supporting programme.
STATE THEATRE
"She," which is now showing at the State Theatre, is one of the most spectacular productions ever screened and should thoroughly satisfy readers of the novel. It tells of a strange, magnificent kingdom of Kor in the mountains beyond Siberia and of the flame of eternal life which burns there. "She" is played by the New York stage star, Helen Gahagan, supported by Randolph Scott, Helen Mack, Gustavo yon Seyffertitz, and Nigel Bruce. The supporting programme includes shots of the 1935 Melbourne Cup and a coloured cartoon.
PLAZA THEATRE,
There are plenty of laughs in the latest Tom <Walls-Ralph Lynn comedy, "Stormy Weather," which is in its final, nights at the Plaza Theatre. Tom Walls, as Sir Duncan Craggs, is a very forthright kind of gentleman, to a French woman (Yvonne Arnaud), who believes her former husband, a Russian Polotski, was killed in the Russian Revolution. But Polotski is not dead, and when he turns up there are some complications to be straightened out.
VIENNESE BOYS' CHOIR.
One of the most interesting and unusual entertainments heard in New [Zealand for some time will be pro^ vided next Saturday commencing with a matinee at the Grand Opera House, when the celebrated Viennese Boys' Choir will make their first appearance jin Wellington. Over 14,000 people attended the ten performances in Auckland recently. Ths programmes will be divided into three sections. In the first part, the boys appear as choristers, black cassocks and white surplices. An' operatic presentation follows the interval when wonderful costumes are worn. After the second interval they appear in sailor suits and give miscellaneous numbers, including Austrian folk songs and the famous Viennese waltzes. During the season there will be a complete change of programme at each performance, operas by Schubert, Mozart, and others being presented in full costume nightly. Booking and full details regarding the special facilities being, offered to schools and societies are' obtainable' at the D.I.C. The plans are now open for the. entire season. Day sale, tickets for the tw^ opening, performances next Saturday are available at.the. Grand Opera House confectionery shop.
ROXY THEATRE.
"Friends of Mr. Sweeney," which is based on the hilarious comedy by Elmer Davis, is this week's attraction at the Roxy Theatre. Charlie Riiggles has the leading role, with Ann Dvorak furmshmg the romantic part of the story. "Ten-Minute Alibi," the supporting feature, is a picturisation of the sensational stage success, which ran tor nineteen months in London It is one of the most ingenious, deftly-con-structed murder melodramas written in the past decade, and the film version is_even more tense and dramatic than the play.
KILBIRNIE KINEMA;
a( T,^ main, attraction on tonight's bill at.the Kilbirnie' Kinema is the sensaT PrP duction by Liam O'Flaherty, ihe Informer," starring Victor McLaglen, with Heather Angel, Preston Foster, and Margot Grahame. Set in the midst of the "Black and Tan" trouble in Ireland, the picture is recognised as one of the most outstanding dramas of the year. The supporting attraction is "D'ye Ken John Peel," an action-filled drama set in the colourful days of the eighteenth century, which stars John Garrick, with Winifred Shotter, John Stuart, and Stanley Holloway.
REGAL THEATRE, KARORI.
A strong rival to "Naughty Marietta" for musical honours is "My Heart is Calling," starring Jan Kiepura, which is the current attraction at the Regal Theatre. Kiepura easily gives his best performance in this production. There is an excellent programme of short subjects.
PALACE THEATRE, PETONE.
Cicely Courtneidge has the role of her career in "Aunt Sally," which commences a three-day season at the Palace Theatre, Petone, tonight. Billy Milton, idol of London stage audiences, and Debroy Somer's Band, playing favourite numbers, contribute in making this a musical comedy of the first grade.
GRAND THEATRE, rETONE,
Bmg Crosby, as Dixie's fiercest figh*er and sweetest singer, heads the compdy. singing and romantic cast of Paramount's "Mississippi," which will be shown at the Grand Theatre, Pctone, tonight. "Mississippi." a story of. the OJd South, also features W. C. Fields and Joan Bennett.
EMPIRE THEATRE, PETONE,
"West of the Pecos," which commences tomorrow at the Empire Theatre, Petone, shows Richard Dix as Pecos Smith, a two-gun cowboy who never knew any law but that of a clear conscience and a quick draw. Martha Sleeper is the romantic lead of the picture.
BROOKLYN THEATRE,
Comedy, drama, and music make up the most unusual entertainment in "Lots of Fun," at the Brooklyn Pictures tonight. Miss Gertie Shardlow and her pupils will help to make this a memorable show. The proceeds are in aid of the Christmas tree for the children of returned soldiers.
"l.Am a Thief," which will head the new bill at the Rex Theatre on Friday, has Mary Astor. Ricardo Cortez, Dudley Digges, and Robert, Barratl in Die principal roles. The second feature will be "The Devil is Driving." a thrilling story of organised car stealing, featuring Edmund Lowe, Wynne Gibson, James Glcason, and Dickie Moore.
TIVOLI THEATRE,
The story of "One Night of Love," which is now being presented at the Tivoli Theatre, is largely the true story of Grace Moore, star of tne picture, an American girl who made a spectacular struggle upward to tame in musical comedy and grand Opera ™ Iv "Oue Ni Sht oi' LoveMiss Moore emerges as a sensational motion picture personality, a glorious dazzling film figure. All the charm of European scenes and people; all the glamour of life abroad; all the glorious oeauty of the finest Italian, French, and bpanish music, form the charming and thrilling background for this exceptional, romantic motion picture. The handsome Tullio Carminati, Italianborn screen lover, plays the romantic lead opposite the famous songstress. "The Good Fairy," probably the most brilliant comedy the Tivoli Theatre has ever shown, will be the second feature Margaret Sullavan and Herbert Marshall, two of filmdom's most popular players, are presented as co-stars o£ •'The Good Fairy." Universal^ motion picture adapted by Preston Sturges irom the rollicking stage success by Ferenc Molnar. It was layed oh Broadway by Helen Hayes. Hardly less important than the star roles is the part played by Frank Morgan, and other important roles are enacted by Reginald Owen, Alan Hale, Beaulah Bondi. .
RIVOLI THEATRE.
Fresh from his triumphs in "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The 39 Steps," Robert Donat comes to the Rivoli Theatre tonight in the London Films production, "That Night in London," which concerns a young "country bank clerk's desire to see something of life in London, and the extraordinary adventures that befall him in the city during his short and almost disastrous stay. The whole action of the play takes place in two days. Pearl Argyle, the new leading lady, and Miles Mander give splendid performances. "Our Daily Bread," the United Artists' masterpiece, with Karen Morley, Tom Keene, and an all-star cast, is said to be one of the most appealing productions of the season by reason of its unusual theme, magnificent settings and excellent acting. A brilliant supporting programme will also be shown. The next change comprises Gene Stratton-Porter's novel, "The Girl of the Limberlost," and Warner Bros.' "GMen," with James Cagney. '
DE LUXE THEATRE, LOWER HUTT.
'A. Notorious Gentleman" will be shown tonight only at the De Luxe Theatre, Lower Hutt. The main feature tomorrow will be "Neil Gwvn" which must rank as one of the most ambitious pictures ever produced by a British company. Anna Neagle makes Nell Gwyn a character full of outspoken effrontery and devilment. Charles. II is played by Sir Cedric Hardwicke, who has« never undertaken a film role more suited to his talents
PERCY GRAINGER IN HIS CHORAL WORKS.
Seldom, if ever, has such a unique musical opportunity been afforded the Wellington public as will be given at the Town Hall on Saturday next, when Percy Grainger, world-renowned pianist-composer-conductor, will appear with the combined choirs of the Wellington Harmonic Society, Wellington Apollo Singers, Boys' Choir, and a chamber orchestra in a programme of hl?. choral works, the co.nposer himself taking part during the evening as solo pianist, guest conductor, organist ukulele player, etc. Several novelties will be introduced, and added interest in the appearance of Mrs. Grainger in some of the pieces with her "tuneful percussion"—xylophone, marimba, chime bells, etc. As programme numbers Mr. Grainger will play as piano solos Country Gardens," "Molly on the Shore," "Brahms's Lullaby Paraphrase, "One More Day, My John " ™nd. "ParaPhrase on the 'Flower Waltz from Tschaikowsky's "Nutcracker Suite." Choir numbers will include Ye Banks and Braes," for mixed choir and whistlers, with organ, Mlrish Tune from County Derry," "I'm Seventeen; Come Sunday," Kipling's "Recessional" (with Mr..Temple White at the grand organ), "Australian Upcountry Song," a delightful unaccompanied number for which the choir has received the highest praise from the composer since his arrival here, the Tribute to Foster," based on the popular tune of "Camptown Races" (or Doodah"), which is set for mixed chorus, solo voices, solo piano, musical glasses, and orchestra, and the "Marching Song of Democracy," for choir orchestra, two pianos, reed organ, and tuneful percussion, which clearly demonstrates the fact that in his compositions Mr. Grainger has departed £ r°™,, thS, £ eate" track- "Colonial Song will be rendered in its form for two solo voices with violin, 'cello, and piano, the composer at the latter Popular prices are being charged, and tickets may be obtained and seats reserved at Begg's.
PORT NICHOLSON BAND.
A grand concert and picture programme is announced by the Port Nicholson Silver Band to take place at the De Luxe Theatre at 8.15 om on Sunday next. The band will be heard in some of its most attractive numbers, while in support the brilliant English comedy-drama "Mr. Bill the Conqueror" will be shown. This picture takes rank with the famous "Song of the Plough" as an epic of the English countryside in its superb presentation of England's glorious rollin" downs. Featuring a brilliant cast headed by Henry Kendall, beautiful Nora Swinburne, and that great character actor Sam Livesey, "Mr. Bill the Conqueror" has been termed by the English Press "a lyric poem of rural England." and contains many scenes of unforgettable beauty. Lovers of England should not miss this programme.
THE PEKCY GRAINGER CONCERT.
All "Wellington music lovers who have not yet reserved their seats for tomorrow night's grand celebrity concert at the Town Hall would be well advised to do so today. It is safe to say that never before has it been possible for patrons to hear such a celebrity as Percy Grainger at such nominal prices as are being charged for this concert. Grainger is universally recognised as one of the world's most notable musicians. He has appeared with triumphant success on the concert , platforms of Europe and America, and his compositions are familiar the world over. Indeed, so great and international is the demand for Grainger's (works that they are published at the same time in special English. American, German, Austrian, Danish, and Australian editions—an achievement which has probably fallen to the lot of no other living composer. This distinguished virtuoso will appear in association with the Wellington Symphony Orchestra, directed by Mr. Leon de Mauny, and the superb and varied programme will include, for the first time in New Zealand, his bridal song for orchestra, "To a Nordic Princess" (which will be conducted by the composer), and a free ramble by Grainger on a Bach aria entitled "Blithe Bolls " which will be played by Percy Grainger with a percussion obligalo Dlayed by Madame Ella Grainger on the aluminium marimba. All seats (3s, 2s, and Is) ore available for reservation at the D.I.C.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 123, 20 November 1935, Page 5
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