AMUSEMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 110, 22 April 1936, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE “QUEEN OF HEARTS’’ For an extended season “Queen of Hearts,” Miss Gracie Fields’s latest talkie, screens at the Regent Theatre to-day. John Loder is the leading man in this story, which has built up a talkie of riotous doings interpreted in Gracie Field’s inimitable manner. The story tells of bow she wanted to be a singer, so they made her an apache dancer. It is said that her dance of death is one of the funniest things seen on the screen for many a day. Among the short subjects is a feature entitled “Fish from Hell.” There are some excellent shots of deep-sea fishing, including underwater battles between a shark and an octopus. The photography is said to be remarkable. Friday’s change will be “The Dark Angel,” featuring Merle Oberon with Herbert Marshall and Fredric Marsh.

MUNICIPAL THEATRE DOUBLE-FEATURE BILL The Municipal Theatre to-day screens another double programme —“Kissing Cup’s Race,” featuring Stewart Rome, Madeleine Carroll and John Stuart, and “Their Night Out,” which has a cast composed of Claude Hulbert, Renee Houston, Gus. McNaughton, Amy Veness and Jimmy Godden. The first, of course, is a romantic story of the turf, aud is credited with the description: “England’s first big racing film.” The second, equally naturally, is one of those funny talkies in which'Claude Hulbert and Company delight. This is a good double-number programme.

STATE THEATRE

“SEVEN KEYS TO BALDPATE”

“Seven Keys to Baldpate,” one of the best thrillers that ever found its way to the talking screen, opens i» two-day session at the State Theatre this afternoon

It is a characteristic spine-tingling mystery-romance, heightened with the sinister perils and nameless dangers that stalk through a night at an eerie hotel, high in the Baldpate mountains. And through it all is a channel of laughter.

Lawrence Tibbett, famous operatic baritone, is the featured player in “Metropolitan,” which opens a season at the State on Friday.

COSY THEATRE

“NO LIMIT" The new programme at the Cosy Theatre features “No Limit” (Florence Desmond and George Formby) and the Louis-Baer fight. The main picture encompasses a story of the famous T.T. race in the Isle of Man, with love arid laughter running riot and a generous mixture of racing thrills. George Formby is rated one of the most popular comedians in England, and Florence Desmond is, of course, one of the cleverest impersouators ou the world stage. She gives a dashing performance.