ENTERTAINMENTS

Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 8 May 1935, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

TALKIE ATTRACTIONS OPERA HOUSE. DOUBLE STAR ATTRACTION. An exceptional .strong cast contributes materially to the success of : ‘Danny Boy,” which .screens at the Opera House for a three-night season, commencing tonight and matinee on Thursday at 2 p.m. Acting honours are taken by Ronnie Hepwortji, a fourteen-year-old newcomer to the screen, who portrays Danny with appealing results. Apart from a .few self-conscious moments, completely understandable in so young and inexperienced a player, Ronnie stands revealed as an actor of promise. Ar -hie Pitt as Silver Sam, exploits his wellknown hair for cockney humour, Frank Forbes-Rtobcrtson contributing an excellent rendering of the role of “Pat.” Dorothy Dickson Is well cast as Jane, singing delightfully when occasion demands. Cyril Ritchard’s .smooth work as one ol’ Jar.es most persistent admirers is a. pleasure to watch, while Fred Lrprez is convincing m the role of a theatrical Well chosen types Jill out the remainder of the cast. The second a ti..* action, “Song at Eventide,” which siars the celebrated artless Fay Compton, is fisae ai; original story .suggested by Easthup? Martin's “Evensong. ’ It is an c'aboiato and •vell-dL'ci sifted subject, in v lich the musical and emotion ;1 moths are closely interwoven and o cast carefully selected. Miss Compton has a delightfully clear singing voice, and the songs she renders in the him are reproduced with remarkable fidelity. Other clever artists in “Song at Eventide” are Leslie Perrins, whose smooth and plausible portrait of an unscrupulous theatrical agent is a model of sinister charm : Nancy Burnc, making an attractive figure as the heroine’s daughter; Minnie Raynor and Barbara Gott contributing a couple of .boldly contrasted character studies; Lester Matthews. O. B. Clarence, Alfred Wellesley, Tom Helmore and Barbara Everest, Charles Patou and Marie Dayne.

The box plans are at Miss Blake’s sweet shop, ’phone 2713. “THE MERRY WIDOW.” The box plans are now open at Miss Blake’s sweet shop for the world’s supreme spectacle of music, “The Merry Widow,” commencing at the Opera House, on Saturday for a season of three nights and three matinees. GRAND THEATRE. “A VERY HONOURABLE GUY.” Joe E. Brown, the king clown of the screen, is to be the feature attraction at the Grand Theatre to-mor-row and Friday evenings in his latest First National picture “A -Very Honourable Guy,” which promises, to be one of his greatest rib ticklers. The story by Damon Runyon, noted sports writer and .short story author, is one of the most unique and laughable imaginable. There is a. talented supporting cast which includes Alice White, Rfcbert Bnrrnt, Alan Dinehart, Irene Franklin, Hobart Cavanaugh, Harold Huber and the two ace song writers, Harry Warren and Al Rubin. Lloycl Bacon directed the picture from the screen play by Earl Baldwin.