AMUSEMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 78, 15 March 1935, Page 12

AMUSEMENTS

HASTINGS PICTURES STATE THEATRE. •‘HELLDORADO” TO-DAY. A modern California gold rush is depicted on the screen tor the first tune in “Heildorado,” Jesse L. Lasky’s spectacular Fox Film production, currently showing at the State Theatre. ‘‘Heildorado” is the thrilling tale of | a band ot modern travellers marooned in a California ghost town, and it is in this picturesque setting that the 193-1 gold rush takes place. In the romantic leads in the picture are Richard Arlen and Madge Evan*. “THE WHITE PARADE” At the State 'Theatre to-morrow ■ will be shown “The White Parade,” | Starring John Boles and Loretta Young. This is a story dealing with . the training ot candidates for the nursing profession—telling their trials j and disappointments and vividly i showing what an heroic breed they are. It is a story with a soul! “The White ' Parade” may safely be described as an extraordinary picture. Extraordinary not only in its material, but the telling of the story. It is a gripping and a jxiignant. drama, and the manner of its presentation—buoyant, easy, skilful—is a distinct contribution to screen history. Loretta Young offers a mas- j terly performance as the young student nurse who is the heroine. The film i follows her schooling from the day ot her enrolment, until just graduated. *he has to make her choice between the man -he loves, John Bobs, and the service whose true meaning has become every day more clear 1o her. John Boles contribute* a splendid characterisation as the rich young suitor who, i baffled hv the elusive secret of these i girl nursee, seeks to persuade her that her life lies with him. There are memorable performances also hv Dorothy Wilson, Muriel Kirkland and Aftrid Allwyn, among the heroine’s ; comrades, nnd bv Jane Harwell and Sara fTad' ii. as veteran nurses who are their superiors. At the State Theatre on Saturday at the matinee onlv will be featured Joe E Brown in “You Said a Mouthful,'’ a tale of wild waves and women set in a setting of swimming racer. ARCADIA THEATRE. — TWO BIG PICTURES Loretta Young and Norman Foster, the “sweetheart team” oi “Play Girl,” are at the Arcadia Theatre today in “Week-end Marriage,” which natures a large vast ot talented players among them George Bunt, Vivienne tlslxirne. Aline MaeMahon Sheila lerrv, J. I aircll MacDonald, and many other-. “Week end Marriage brings a blend ot drama and comedy tolling a storv ot • \oung fnyned I couple w ho nnd themselves at odd*

because the husband earns less than his wife. A fine job ot casting, which bespeaks excellent entertainment, is evident in the list ot players in “Stranger in Jow n,” the Warner Bros, picture, also at the Arcadia. “Chic” Sale, Ann Dvorak, David Manners, Noah Beery and Raymond Hatton are in the leading roles. The story of competition between “Chic’s” country store and a chain store which opens in his town affords him an excellent opportunity to deliver the finest characterisation he has yet done <>n the screen. His is a fighting r01e... a fight of a pioneer against two irresistible forces. “GAMBLING”: “ONE MAN LAW.’ The attraction at the Arcadia Theatre to-morrow will be “Gambling,” starring George M. Cohan and based on his own famous mystery melodrama of the same title, in which he appeared on the stage for two years. Buck Jones is a man of action in his newest thriller, “One Man Law,'’ the supporting leal tire. Here is one of those crack westerns that will stir your blood nnd set your heart thumping. REGENT THEATRE. “LEST WE FORGET.” For beauty and nobility ot sentiment and for the uncommon excellence of the acting, “Lest We Forget' ” which screens at the Regent Theatre to-day, will take a sure place among the best of the year’s films from British studios. Captain Rayner, played bv Stewart Rome, who took tho leading part in "The Song oi the Plough,” is caught and cut oil in a shell-hole with two “ranker” comrades, one an Irishman and the other a Welshman. A “Jock” from the 51st. Scottish Division joins them, and Rayner swears that 11 they are all alive on the same day sixteen years heme they shall meet m his house m the country. Eventually that meeting takes place, but in Fat's place comes his son, lor Pat has since died. '1 he romantic part ot the story centres about Pat's son and Rayner's daughter, but that is merely incidental to the delightful comedy and drama woven about the reunion oi these three old comrades. It is rare indeed that one sees anything so supremely good and so thoroughly convincin' as the actor who play- the part ot “I ill v Illi. PAIN I ED VEIL” Il there lias lieeii any doubt alioul Greta Garbo'- long-standing reputation as the griatest him star of them all, it has been definitely t-ettled by her newest production, "The Painted Veil,” which < pens at the lb gent Iheatie te moi row. Jn The Painted Veil,” a tense!) dramatic stow ot maiital conflict m the heart oi a ehoivra-pl igii’d province in the Chinese interior, Garbo rises to ~i cater height* than m any ot her previous pictures not eM-liidimg liei last, “Queen Chri-tini." A- Katherine Fane the laid- el a seiioi. .mdeg British do tor who combat- the (hum-, cholera, Garbo apptats more clamorous more beautiful and a finer dramatic iclfe-s ■! -fell I- p c-r Ide than OVC! before.