KING’S THEATRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12527, 12 April 1935, Page 6

KING’S THEATRE

“ROMANCE OF MANHATTAN.” “Romance of Manhattan’’ a bright and cheerful play, and yet with many a tear, featuring Ginger Rogers and Francis Ledorer, wilt he screened 1 at the King’s Theatre again this afternoon. and for the last time tonight. ‘'IMITATION OF LIFE." CLAUDETTE; COLBERT TO-MORROW. AVhat does a woman call success in life? When, a question like that strikes the mind of a writer liko Fannie Hurst the result is very likely to bo a novel, that will set hundreds of thousands of people thinking. Her answer to the success question was (written in the 352 pages of “Imitation of Life’’ which has been made into a motion picture, with Claudette Colbert starred. It heads the new programme at the King’s tomorrow. Fannie Hurst’s story is founded, on fact. One day her publisher received ihe manuscript of “Imitation of Life’’ which, told the story of one of the most appealing characters the novelist has as yet created, Bea Pullman. Bea Pullman is a young woman who after the death of her husband, whom she has never really loved, Sets out to support her little daughter and 1 herself by selling maple syrup from door to door. With the help of a colored woman she opens a little pancake shop and later makes a. fortune by boxing the pancake flour and selling it. Then real loye enters her life hut her daughter is then grown and an unusual trianglo situation develops. Bea realises that success and fame cTo not. constitute real living, that it has a,.l been an imitation of life until love came. A new baby star. this time a three year old one named Baby Jane plays th e tiny daughter an c ] for her work was given a starving contract. • Rochelle Hudson plays the baby grown up, with Alan Hale. Nod Sparks, Henry Armetta Louise Beavers. Henry Kolktr Alma Tell. G. P. Tfuntly, junr., AYyndham Standing and Paul Porcnsi. “ONE NIGHT OF LOVE/ 5 “One Night of Love’’ featuring Grace Aloore and Tullio Carminati is said to have been purchased for Australia and New Zealand audiences at the highest figure ever paid for one production in these parts of the world, on the strength of its enormous success in Britain and America (it grossed over £40.000 in two weeks at the Radio City Atusie Hall, New A'ork, “'‘One Night of Love’’ is to he presented at the King’s Theatre °n Easter Saturday. Box plans for the season are open and are already filling rapidly.