ENTERTAINMENTS

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 23 April 1935, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

GRIAND THEATRE—TO-NIGHT,

TALKIE ATTRACTIONS OPERA HOUSE. “ANNE OF GREEN, GABLES.”

In “Anne of Green Gables” a worthy successor to “Little Women in charm and heart appeal, comes to the screen. This simple, wholly delightful tale of childhood and early 3 r outh is certain to delight millions, for all of the charm of L. M. Montgomery's beloved novel has been captured in the picture. The characterisations ale particularly fine. Atme Shirley, Gilbert Blythe, Matthew and Manila Cuthbert, and the other central figures of the Montgomery novel, are depicted with convincing reality. The film introduces as the principal player the appealing sixteen-year-old Anne Shirley, who lias adopted the name of the character sjie portrays. Her talent is strikingly evident in her portrayal of the orphan heroine whom Mark Twain once described as “the dearest and most moving and delightful child of fiction since the immortal Alice.” Tom Brown is happily cast as Gilbert Blythe, the hoy whose, schoolday infatuation for Anne grows into adult love. 0. P. Heggie, as Matthew, and Helen Westley as Marilia, lonely middle-aged folk who adopted Anne, again prove what splendid troupers they are. Their characterisations are outstanding highlights of the film. Other fine performances are contributed by Sara Haden, Gertrude Messinger, Charley Grapewin and Murray Kinnell. George Mcholls, jnr., has directed with a skilful touch, bringing out the full beauty of story. “Anne of Green Gables” screens tonight, to-morrow and Friday with matinees daily 2 p.m. No pictures Thursday.

“DR. MONICA.”

“Dr. MoUica,” which will screen at the Grand Theatre to-night and tomorrow, is -a. story in which both wife and the “other woman” try to sacrifice themselves to insure the happiness of the other, and Warner Bros, have cast three of the screen’s outstanding stars for it. Kay Francis has the title role, but although she portrays the part of a physician, there are no hospital scenes or medical sequences. The “other woman” is Jean Muir, and the husband, beloved by both, is played by Warren William. Verree Teasdale has another stellar role, and other important members of the cast include Phillip Reed, Emma Dunn, Herbert Bunston, Ann Shoemaker, Virginia Hammond, Hale Hamilton and Virginia Pine. The plot is taken from a famous Polish play, and. comes to a strange and dramatic climax. Dealing entirely with the social elect of New York, the picture is set in the background of beautiful Long Island estates and in luxurious apartments. William Keighley directed from the screen play by diaries. Kenyon, which was dramatised from an English screen, adaption of the Polish play by Laura Walker Maver.