AMUSEMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 105, 15 April 1933, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

COSY TALKIES. HASTINGS “MOVIE CRAZY” Never has Harold Lloyd been surrounded with as capable a group of supporting players as appear in “Movie Crazv” with Constance Cummings, the comedy sensation which mark the comedian’s first screen appearance in two years, and comes to the Cosv Talkies, Hastings, to-day. Heading the cast of this Paramount release, is Miss Cummings, who is entrusted with the most difficult role any leading lady has ever been given in a Lloyd comedy. Miss Cummings proved her complete ability to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the part and gives an outstanding performance. Next in line for splendid portrayals, are Kenneth Thompson, Spencer Charters, Louise Closser Hale, Robert MeWade, Harold Goodwin, Sydney Jarvis, Lucy Beamont, De Witt Jennings, Eddie Fetherstone, Mary Doran, Noah Young, Constantine Romanoff and Arthur Housman. MUNICIPAL THFA'vp.E. HASTINGS “DANGEROUSLY YOURS” Warner Baxter, popular screen star, is at his suave, romantic best in “Dangerously Yours,” his latest Fox Film production, which commences at the Municipal Theatre, Hastings, to-day. In the role of the charming society jewel thief, Baxter makes it seem almost a pleasure to be robbed. Miriam Jordan, who made her screen debut opposite Baxter in “Six Hours to Live,” is again his leading lanj m u-.» picture, and has the role of a girl detective who sets out to trap the fascinating Robin Hood, only to discover that she herself has been ensnared by her affections. Herbert Mundin, a popular comedian who has come rapidly t.o the front in a number of Fox pictures during the past year, also has a prominent role. He is Baxter's partner in crime although he masquerades as his man servant. Florence Eldridge, Florence Roberts, Mischa Auer, Arthur Hoyt, Tyrell Davis, Nella Walker and Will Davidson are also prominently cast. Frank Tuttle directed this picture from Horace Jackson’s screen play adapted from the popular novel of the same name by Paul Hervey T'ox. ARCADIA TALKIES, HASTINGS “HALF SHOT AT SUNRISE” Commencing at the Arcadia at to-day’s matinee is the funniest film of the times, featuring Robt. Wheeler and Bert Woolsey in “Half Shot at Sunrise,” Those who have laughed at this pair of comedians in “The Cuckoos” have bigger laughs ahead in “Half Shot at Sunrise.” The story deals with two American soldiers who go A.W.O. L. in Paris during the World War. It is packed with humorous situations in dialogue from the first reel to the last. Wheeler and Woolsey as the doughboys win new laughing honours with their inimitable clowning. They steal their Colonel’s car, his daughter and his "goat.” electrify hundreds of military police, raise everything but the dead and finally emerge heroes. The songs, five rollicking ones, were written by Harry Tierney and include “Whistling the Blues Away,” “Nothing But Love,” “Riviera Moon.” The settings are the most elaborate ever seen in a production of this type, including an entire Parisian square and gigantic vistas of No-Man’s Land. Dance numbers offering sensational precision routines, are by the Tiller Sunshine Girls, brought from London for the picture. Dorothy Lee plays opposite Wheeler, while Leni Stengel and Woolsey comprise a new and laughable screen couple. It is undoubtedly Wheeler and Woolsey’s best picture, mil those who like a good laugh should ■<>t miss this picture. Included in the supports is a Slim Summerville comedy “bless the Ladies,” and the remainder >f >he programme includes a Cinesound X'evs, Cartoon and interesting Gazettes, l es -rver are at the theatre shop, ’phone