AMUSEMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 231, 16 September 1935, Page 9

AMUSEMENTS

MUNICIPAL THEATRE DOUBLE-FEATURE OPENING The re-opening of the Hastings Municipal Theatre proved a great success on Saturday, partly, no doubt, due to the excellent fare offered. The first of the two features was “Master of Men,’’ with Jack Holt, Fay Wray, and Walter Connolly in the leading roles. This film is described as a powerfully dramatic picture dealing with the rise of a steel-worker to the presidency of his company, and contains many exciting situations as well as interesting insights into the trade of steel manufacturing.

The other of the principal features was “My Woman,” with Helen Twelvetrees and Victor Jory in the principal roles. Superb performances are given by an excellent cast, and the story deals with intimate episodes in the life of a popular radio performer. There are several excellent musical numbers besides an appealing and amusing story The prices for the stalls and dress circle again to-night will be one shilling for adults and sixpence for children, and sixpence and threepence on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. There will be a complete change of programme bn Municipal Theatre as a cinema tomorrow . TO-MORROW '8 CHANGE. The Municipal Theatre will screen another double-feature bill to-morrow. The first attraction is “Tiger Shark,’’ featuring Richard Arlen, Zita Johann and Edward G. Robinson. “Tiger Shark” is a drama of the tuna fisheries and the men who make their living in the shark-infested fishiug-grounds off the Mexican coast in the Pacific Ocean.

“Sleepless Nights,” the second feature on the programme, is described as a fast and furious film frolic, with sparkling wit and lilting refrains. She lost the key to her room: he offered to help her out; they were caught together by his boss; he said they were married; and they had to stick to the story through many sleepless nights. Stanley Lupino is the star.

STATE THEATRE

“BREWSTER'S MILLIONS"

“Brewster’s Millions,” a rollicking British “musical” with Jack Buchanan and Lili Damita in the leading parts, screens at the State Theatre today. The original comedy, which had a phenomenal run in the London before the war, has, of course, been turned inside out in order to give Jack and his platoons of girl friends ample opportunity to display their respective talents to the best advantage. The settings range from the interior of a Mayfair mansion to the market square at colourful Ajaccio, Corsica, whither British and Dominions chief cameraman went in order to get material for an exact reproduction of the scene at Elstree The subject starts by being a famous one; its essential plot, that of a young man forced to spend half a million in six months in order to inherit millions, is a classic of comedv entertainment already familiar to both sides of tbo Atlantic

This is not nearly so easy as it sounds, for it means getting rid of the stuff at the rate of £l5O an hour for twentyfour hours a day, and one of the methods adopted by the compulsory spendthrift is to establish a business with an enormous and greatly overpaid staff for the sole purpose of spending money as quickly as possible.

REGENT THEATRE

JEAN HARLOW: “RECKLESS 1 The two most talked of stars in 110 l wood come, to the screen ns n >i-« . starring team in I lie ri.lu re 1... less,' which screens Lu-dur ul I

Regent Theatre. And those two stars are Jean llnrlow and William I’owell. The picture is one of the most thrilling' and colourful ones in recent months. It is the story of a beautiful blond dancer who rises from a back-country carnival to the dizzy heights of stardom, who becomes a nation-wide sensation, and marriir a playboy with millions, capturing society by her charm. It is the story of a girl who becomes tangled in front page sensationalism through the suicide of her husband, who fights for her name, for her child—a story of her bravery and decency, her courage and her hope, with one man in the background who has always loved her and understood her and who comes to her rescue.

“Reckless” has n colourful musical background with the theme song written by Jerome Kern, dean of American composers. The picture was produced by David 0. Selznick, with Victor Fleming as director. The supporting cast includes Franchot Tone, May Robson. Rosalind Russell, Ted Healy, Nat Pendletou sml Henry Stephenson.

COSY THEATRE “G-MEN." The attraction at the Cosy today is “G-Men," starring that fine actor James Cagney, with Margaret Lindsay in support. There are (brills galore in this picture, but—in reversal ol the old gangster films—the hero is the G-Mab (Government man) while the Public Enemy is shown tor the evildoer and coward he is Many very interesting shots were shown of how experts in finger-printing and such semi-scientific aspects of crime-detee-tiou work. The complaint was often made about the old ganster picture that the criminal was glorified. In this first ot a new type, while the Federal Agent is not "glorified,” the value ol his work to the United States and the hazardous nature of his calling are portrayed with fidelity and a great deal of exciting action

Cagney's pugnacious personality is well suited to the role of the Federal Agent and his performance is virile and frequently humorous. At the end he puts across some melodrama in a way that will endear him to the fans Robert Armstrong appears as the gangster rind takes a delight in making things tough for the G-men.,