CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 108, 3 November 1937, Page 6

CURRENT ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE,

Two men in love with the same woman in a far-flung outpost in India, forms the plot of "Another m Dawn, now screening at tho Regent Theatre. The stars are lan Hunter as Colonel Wister, and Kay Francis as his wife. Errol Flynn enacts the role of Captain Denny Roark, dare-devil soldier, and in love with the Colonel's wife, who in turn is in love with him. In a highly dramatic conclusion the situation adjusts, itself. One of the hostile tribes, controlling the water supply Of many other tribes in the lower territories, build a dam causing the other tribes to be without water. The message reaches the outpost; and an aeroplane flight to bomb the dam is indicated. Only two can fly the plane, Colonel Wister and Captain Roark, and there is only enough petrol for the aeroplane to reach the dam. The one who goes will never return. Wriich of the two goes? The answer y provides a magnificent climax. MAJESTIC THEATRE. The Sea, With its wrath, joys, and mysteries, and the lives of the men who live by it, are dramatically presented in "Captains Courageous," a picturisation of the famous Rudyard Kipling story which is now in its second week at the Majestic Theatre. When Harvey "Cheyne falls overboard from a luxurious liner to be picked up by a fishing schooner he might have been transported to another world because he finds that he cannot have his own wayi as these rough fishermen in eking out thei* primitive existence! have no place for spectators. His character is slowly re-created, and the fishermen grow to love and care for him. There is little doubt that Spencer Tracy heads all for his acting in this film, Lionel Barrymore, as Drisko, the old skipper of the schooner, also gives an excellent portrayal. Freddy Bartholomew as Harvey Cheyne is good as the spoilt, sulky boy. ST. JAMES THEATRE. Now in its second week at the St. James Theatre, "A Hundred Men and A Girl," starring Deanna Durbin, shows no signs of flagging popularity. The young star's first picture, the;welk remembered "Three Smart Girls," burst upon the public practically unheralded and ccored an instantaneous success. This time, the avenues of publicity have been well explored. The plot, dealing With the finding of employment for a hundred out-Of-work musicians, appeals more to the public than a battle between the three daughters of a millionaire and the siren who is seeking to part him from some of his money. All -the outstanding figures in the old cast are retained, and to them, are added sUCh well-tried players aii Adolphe Menjou and Billy Gilbert, and the famous conductor StokoWski, with his splendid Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra PARAMOUNT THEATRE. One of the really. great films of the last two years, "San Francisco,", is making a welcome reappearance at the Paramount Theatre.v« flunks not lacking in talent, Clark Gable's engaging and forceful personality and Spei.cer Tracy's sincerity of .manner being allied with the delightful voice and charm of Jeanette Mac Donald, who is seen at her best The wild days and nights of the Barbary Coast of San Francisco are the scene of the earlier portion of the film. Clark Gable is depicted as the blustering, gamblingden proprietor who falls in love with his new singing star, a girl who is so totally different in temperament and upbringing that his customary rough and ready manners lead her to fear as well as love the engaging scoundrel. Spencer Tracy is cast as a priest with a surprisingly practical outlook on life. The earthquake which strikes down the City arid is responsible for a great change in the gambler's life, is one of the most realistic and terrifying scenes . yet shown, on the screen. KING'S THEATRE. One of the brightest pictures of the year, "Sing and be Happy," is now screening at the King's Theatre. There is a wealth of comedy and romance, and the latest song hits are introduced by the famous new screen romantic combination. Anthony Martin and Leah \Ray. 'The story centres around radio broadcasting and the rivalry between two advertising firms, and this naturally provides many opportunities' for the two to be heard in various numbers. An excellent supporting cast, including Joan Davis, Helen Westley, Allan Lane, and Dixie Dunbar, assist in making the film a highly-entertain-ing one. * The other feature picture, "Good Morning, Boys," has the screen's most delightful fool.Will Hay in the leading role. It deals with the activities of a gang 0* thieves who endeavour to steal the picture of Mona. Lisa from the Louvre. The picture is a real tonic. Marstita Hunt plays' opposite Will Hay, and. of course, the schoolboys are well to the fore. SHORTT'S THEATRE; Paramount's "Thirteen Hours By Air," a dramatic story of romance and intrigue aboard a speeding transport plane, is showing at Shortt's Theatre. Fred Mac Murray and Joan Bennett play the leading roles, and they are supported by a big and extremely capable cast. "Thirteen Hours By Air" is a dramatic chronicle of the adventures that befall half-a-dozen passengers and the crew of a transport plane as it zooms across the country from. New York to San Francisco. The problem of the eternal triangle and how it affected the lives of two sisters is presented in a new light in "Smart Girl," the second attraction. The film features Ida Lupino, Kent Taylor, and Gail Patrick. STATE THEATRE, PETONE. With an airy story based on a poor old woman who could not pay'her dog taic, blithe comedy and satire is the keynote of "Storm in a Teacup," showing at the State Theatre. As the! reporter-hero, Rex Harrison leaps to the fore as one of those refreshing yOung personalities of marked acting ability. Vivien Leigh, his leading lady, fulfils the promise she gave in "Fire Over England" and "Dark Journey." Sara Allgood is richly comic as the old Irishwoman. GRAND THEATRE, PETONE. Edward Everett Horton, for many years One Of the nation's most popular comedians, and "the Pixilated Sisters," screenland's newest big comedy team, are together in a gay comedy, "Let's Make a Million," which is now showing at the Grind Theatre. "Arizona Mahoney," a hilarious and madcap travesty of the wild and woolly West, with Joe Cook, "the.one-man circus," sn the title role, is the second attraction. PALACE THEATRE, PETONE. "Student Doctors Can't Take Money," the drama with Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea which is now' at the Palace Theatre, Petone, is the story of a girl whose happiness depends on getting 1000 dollars, and a young student doctor. who loves her yet can't accept money even to help her. The associate feature, "Calling the Tune," is a musical comedy romance with Clifford Evans, Sally Gray, George Robey, and Sir Cednc Hardwicke in the cast. BROOKLYN THEATRE. Two special features will be screened at the Brooklyn Theatre tonight. "The Girl from ScotlandYard," a spy story, starring Karen Morley, Robert Baldwin, and Katharine Alexander, will be screened first. The second feature,, "North of the Rio Grand," starring William Boyd, George Hayes, Stephen Morris, and Bernadene Hayes,, is different from the usual Clarence Mulford western stories. Four excellent shorts will also be screened.

CITY AND SUBURBAN THEATRES

PLAZA THEATRE,

The financial turmoils experienced in the United States at the turn of the century provide the thread which draws together the plot of "His Affair," the film which is now in its second week at the Plaza Theatre. Robert Taylor is the leading player and opposite him is Barbara Stanwyck. The plot deals with the onerous task assigned to a brilliant young officer by the leaders of a country in. need. Robert Taylor, as a young naval officer, is instructed to become disgraced and be discharged from the service, and give his attention to locating a gang which has been engaged in bank-robbing on a large scale. Taylor meets a cafe owner in a city known as a criminal centre; here he also meets a singing and dancing star, Barbara Stanwyck. To further his contact with the gang Taylor presses his attentions on Barbara,, but he finds later that he has fallen in love with her. His determination to fulfil his mission still holds good, however, and he carries on with his, plan. The film comes to an exciting climax. '■ • » DE /LUXE THEATRE. A film adaptation of an Edgar Wallace drama arid a riotous comedy of adventure in a South American republic make up the bill at the De Luxe Theatre this week,, Victor McLaglen, William Boyd,' Noah Beery, and Conchita Montenegro have the leading roles in "Laughing at Life," the story of the adventures of an Irish civil engineer who simply cannot keep out of trouble and who is always leaving the country in a hurryj Burke is the military leader of a revolution in a South American State and it is in his fight to preserve himself against the attacks of the Government, the treachery of his own colleagues, and to rescue his new-found son that the dransa and comedy lie. The second film, "The Crimson Circle," is Edgar Wallace at high pressure. It shows the operations of a large gang of murderers, who finally plan to hold England to ransom, and the ineffective efforts of the police to track down the gang leader. ;'.;-■-'-.: , STATE THEATRE. Acclaimed as Shirley Temple's best picture to date, "Wee yniUe Winkie." the current attraction at the State Theatre, is adapted from the famous Rudyard Kipling tale. With a supporting cast which includes Victor MeLaglen, as tough and' likeable as ever, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang, Caesar Romero, and Michael: Whalen, and With plenty of human interj est, vigorous action, comedy, and suspense, the-film cannot fail to meet with universal approval. . The story is that Of a little girl and her mother who go to live at a British outpost in India and find themselves in a land of fast action and heroism. The little girl is at a loss to explain the cause of the warfare between the natives arid the British troofcs, and in her efforts to smooth matters out and be friendly With both sides is nearly responsible for a massacre. NEW OPERA HOUSE. A double-feattire programme provides entertainment at the New Opera House thi^ week which Will appeal to all tastes. "Midnight Madonna" is the title given to a Paramount production Which features the clever and attractive four-year-old screen star, Kitty Clancy. This is a dramatic story of a fight for the custody of a child. To the father possession of the girl means millions, to the mother it means having all that makes life worth living. In marked contrast to this drama is "Footloose Heiress," a Warner Brbs.' production, featuring _Ann Sheridan and Craig Reynolds. This Is breezy comedy from start to finish; ana is calculated to act as an antidote to any feeling of depression.' Spanking and kissing, used alternatively, win the wayward lady. The supporting programme Includes an interesting gazette and a musical number. NEW PRINCESS THEATRE. "Woman Chases Man," the rollicking Samuel Goldwyn comedy in .which Miriam Hopkins chases Joel McCrea across the screen, is now showing at the New Princess Theatre. Miriam makes a happy return to the sphere of comedy in this story of a destitute girl architect who chased a wealthy but handsome young man across the Continent to get him to. finance her inventor dad's model tillage—and wound up with his name on the dotted line of both the contract and a marriage licence. The associate feature is "Music Hath Charms," starring Henry Hall and the 8.8.C. Dance Orchestra. ROXY THEATRE. Karen Morley portrays a characteri-sation-considerably different from anything she has done previously in Paramount's The Girl from Scotland Yard," screening at the Roxy Theatre. • Miss Morley, in the title role, plays the part of a girl who matches her wits and beauty against the depredations of a band seeking.tp destroy her country's armaments with a death ray device. "The Case of the Black Cat," the supporting feature, is the latest of the thrilling murder mystery dramas by Erie Stanley Gardner. Besides Ricardo Cortez the cast includes June Travis' and Jane Bryan. KILBIRNIE KINEMA. A magnificent British film, providing rare and wholly delightful entertainment, is offered at the • Kilbirnie Kinema where "Farewell Again" is the main attraction. 'Tarewell Again" is a great'picture, certainly one of the finest to emanate from a British studio. Heading an exceptionally ■-. strong cast are Flora Robson and Leslie Banks. Other outstanding performances are given by Patricia Milliard, a beautiful newcomer, Sebastian Shaw, and Leonora Corbett. The story, an interesting and moving sidelight on army life, is based upon an incident which actually happened and was Widely reported in the newspapers. Walt Disney^s Academy Award revue is also showing. , ' REGAL THEATRE, KARORI. "Lost Horizon," now at the Regal Theatre, is one-of the finest films seen in Wellington. The true power and scope of the ideal State of which all men dream and few mend find has been captured on the screen, and a dream city evolved. Never before have such magnificent direction and beautiful photography been united to create a film. It is fitting that a great ' play should have an excellent cast, and Ronald Colman, H. B. Warner, Jane Wyatt, and'lsabel Jewell faithfully portray the chief characters, while the portrayal of the Chief Llama, guider of the destinies of the city, is a consummate piece of acting. EMPIRE THEATRE, ISLAND BAY. . Katharine. Hepburn and; Franchot Tone are starred in the screen version of Sir James M. Barries play, "Quality Street," showing at the Empire Theatre. In a role peculiarly suited to her gifts, Miss Hepburn portrays a vivacious English girl of the early nineteenth century wfro suppresses a burning romantic spark for years While the man she loves is away warring against Napoleon. Charlie Chan meets his match at last in "Charlie Chan at the Opera," the second attraction, in which the wily Chinese sleuth faces the most dangerous opponent of his career. Warner Oland plays Chan, with Boris Karloff co-starred as the king of terror. SEASIDE THEATRE, LYALL BAY. • "Tall Timbers," now showing at the Seaside Theatre, was adapted for the screen by Frank Harvey, from an orifirial story by Captain Frank Hurley, or the film adaptation "Tall Timbers" emerged a strong, outdoor romantic drama, full of action, and culminating in a spectacular scene where a hillside of trees crash in a tremendous timber drive. Frank Leighton and Shirley Ann Richards are starred. Rosalind Russell and John Boles head the cast in "Craig's Wife," the second attraction.

TIVOLI THEATRE. With one of the finest all-round casts that has been assembled, "Call It a Day," the Cosmopolitan production adapted from the successful long-run stage hit of London and Broadway, is. showing at the Tivoli Theatre. It is a delightful comedy-drama based upon the sentimental experiences of ail the members of an English suburban family when the first day of spring sets them wandering along love-paths. Olivia de Havilland is seen as the daughter of the family. Lan Hunter and Frieda Inescourt are her parents. Then there are Anita Louise, Alice Brady, Roland Young, Peggy Wood, Bonita, Granville, and half a dozen others who become involved in the atmosphere of romance. Blending comedy and melodrama in large, well-proportioned doses, "Lady from Nowhere," the Columbia picture which is the second attraction, presents Mary .Astor in one of the most amusing and entertaining screen plays in-which she has appeared. "Lady from Nowhere introduces Charles Quigley to the screen in the romantic lead opposite Miss Astor. | RIVOLI THEATRE. "Love from a Stranger," starring Ann Harding, is the main attraction at the Rivoli Theatre. Ann Harding has a powerful role as the typist who is swept off her feet by the wooing of a fascinating stranger only to discover after marriage that her husband is a cold-blooded fiend. Basil Rathbone is the sinister husband, while Binme Hale, Bruce Seton, Jean Cadell, and Donald Calthrop form the nucleus of an excellent supporting cast. P»°le! the second attraction, has several things to its credit, noteworthy among them the fact that the film brings^ to the screen a new romantic team with splendid speaking voices, as well as appealing personalities. These two young beonle? Henry Hunter and Ann Preston played dramatic roles opposite each other. The story intertwines two themes hi an entertaining and often throne manner The love of the man SS.K off a vital spark, like the fire of twin stars meeting and fuling in a summer sky. The s other (Sent in the drama is the striving disprisoned men to gain their freedom on parole. _ REX THEATRE. "Letting in the Sunshine," the riot-ft,,<riauehter-hit at the Rex Theatre, tells of thf breathless adventures of a window cleaner, Nobby who, while nursuinghis romance with Jane, stumE^uoon a Plot to steal the valuable wSmmster diamond necklace. Nobby iKy^by Albert Burdon, and Renee Ga^d IrVes a bewitching performance Sa Bwhic?°o^ ffi ffler de& Wof ha M? gomeXrfiri middle EurOpe, during the early nineteenth centup. CAPITOL THEATRE. Romance,: hilarity, and music . m *merous portions are provided in ISount's "Waikiki Wedding," the rivTomedy of love in the pineapple Moves with Bing Crosby, Bob Burns,' Sartha Raye, and Shirley.Ross wtach is showing at the Capitol Theatre. Molt ofthe. action of "The Last Journey? the Second attraction, takes place on a railway train, driven by a mad engine driver. An engine driver is compelled to resign, having reached the age limit, and broods so much on the unhappy prospect as to affect hib brlin. He believes his wife^s having an affair with his fireman and resolves to drive his last train to destruction. OUR THEATRE, NEWTOWN. "She Gets Her Man" heads the double-feature programme showing tonieht at Our Theatre at reduced priefs Zasu Pitts and Hugh O'Connell, teamed together for the first time, are featured in the picture, and the story tells what happens when the agitated Miss Pitts runs foul of all thl gangsters in Chicago. She troduces a new screen type—the o woman—and the part fits her personalitrKke a glove.. The cast of players also includes Helen Twelvetrees and Lucient Littlefield. Tom Mix;is right in his natural element in the thrilling Western; "Terror Trail," the associate feature. | THE CIRCASSIANS. Lovers of good music are assured of a feast of such at The Circassians final subscription concert for 1937, which will be given in the Town Hall Concert Chamber tomorrow night'at 8 o'clock. Stanford's stirring ballad of the sea,'which takes approximately thirty minutes to sing, a choral setting of Wagner's "Tannhauser" arranged by Richard Challinor, form the major works for a brilliant programme. Sextets, trios, solos, and the appearance of Ralph Wilkin, the brilliant young solo dancer, will add to the enjoyment. Mr. Thomas Wood will conduct and Miss Barbara Bannister will be the accompanist. The box plan is at Begg's. SUNDAY TRAINS. The Railway Department announces that the usual change-over from the winter to the summer Sunday timetable Will operate as from next Sunday. A suitable time-table has been arranged, special attention being given to the heavy through traffic between Wellington and the Manawatu district. * An additional fast up and down morning and evening train, stopping only at the principal stations, wiir be provided. Intermediate passengers will be catered for by a fast stopping train as *t present, except that the times have been slightly altered. Special attention is drawn to the earlier departure from Wellington of the afternoon train to Otaki. Details appear in the advertising columns. The- Department also draws attention to the running of a train between Wellington and Upper Hutt on Sundays. On the outward journey the train leaves Wellington at 9.37 a.m. and on the return journey leaves Upper Hutt at 6 p.m.