AMUSEMENTS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 142, 1 June 1936, Page 11

AMUSEMENTS

STATE THEATRE "FOLLOW THE FLEET” "Follow the Fleet,” the latest Fre-I Astaire and Ginger Bogers musical, now screening at the State Theatre to large houses. It is the typical mixture of gay tunes and twinkling feet, with Astaire as a dancer turned sailor who longs to get back to his old job, his old partner and the bright lights of Broadway. Ginger, of course, is his former partner, and, naturally, the meeting comes about. There is more comedy than in this team’s previous offerings, and Astaire proves that he is making great strides as an actor. Harriet Hilliard supplies most of the songs, and is a welcome addition to the team. — COSY THEATRE “CRAND EXIT” The first motion picture to deal with incendiaries and their death-dealing felonies, “Grund Exit,” which screens at the Cosy to-day, reveils not only the manner in which fire insurance companies protect themselves against campaigns of crime, but also the means they have of tracking down firebugs and of determining where each fire started and by what means. Edmund Lowe and Ann Sothern are the leading players. There is strong drama in the story, which should appeal to all film-goers. There is a splendid line-up of supports. A particularly interesting feature on the programme is “Jump, Horse, Jump”, describing the training of racehorses. REGENT THEATRE "BOSE OF THE RANCHO” Eleven new songs are sung in "Bose of the Sancho”, the Gladys SwarthoutJohn Bolos picture that screens at the Regent Theatre to-day. ft is regarded as one of the most brilliant musical romances seen on the screen. It was a highly successful production on the legitimate New York stage many years ago and later as a silent picture. Now, with the introduction of new songs and accomplished singers, it is brought up-to-date in a new Paramount picture that has all the appeal of Spanish America. Talkie patrons should enjoy this one. MUNCIPAL THEATRE TWO FEATURES ' Jean Harlow and Clark Gable are teamed again in “Hold Your Man,” which screens to-night at the Municipal Theatre. As the “wise-cracking” girl who goes to prison for the man she loves, Miss Harlow endows her characterisation with a wistful sympathy and humour. Gable banters his way through the early part of the picture with delightful nonchalance which sharply contrasts his important work iu the climactic sequences when he risks arrest on a murder charge. “It’s in the Air,” directed by Charles Riesner, the second feature on the programme, shows the radio, stage and screen comedian, Jack Benny, in a role of a Broadway' “chiseler” who becomes a national hero instead of a “number” when he makes a world record for altitude iu a stratosphere balloon.