AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1936, Page 7

AMUSEMENTS

PRINCESS THEATRE. TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. “DANGEROUS.” A picture that is said to give Bette Davis an even greater opportunity to display her rare dramatic genius that did “Of Human Bondage” or “Bordertown” has been booked for the .Princess Theatre to-night. The picture is the Warner Bros, drama “Dangerous,” in which Miss Davis is supported by Franchot Tone, / who has the leading masculine role, and Margaret Lindsay, again her rival in love. “Dangerous”, which has been hailed as a masterpiece

wherever it has been produced, is sheer, stark drama, featuring both the glamour and the shadows of Broadway life.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS

“WEREWOLF OF LONDON.”

Remember “Dracula,” “The Old Dark House,” “Dr Jekyl and Mr Hyde,” “Frankenstein” “The Mummy?”. Well—roll all the thrills, chills and exciteme?it of these pictures into one, and you’ll have “Werewolf of London,” which is coming to the Princess theatre next Friday!

“Werewolf of London” is a pictured based on the fabled creatures called “werewolvescreatures who are men most of the time but who become transformed into wolves each month during the full of the moon. It is then that they prowl the darkened •streets tearing the life-blood from numans to satiate their wolfish hlooet lust. Henry Hull, one of the greatest character actors of modern times, plays the title role in this film. Warner Oland is another who is seen as half man and half wolf. Valerie Hob-, son is the wife of Hull, and the high spot of the picture is the scene in which she sees the man she loves turning into a wolf and attempting to kill her. Also news, Stranger Than Fiction, Doing the Town (two reel musical).

REGENT THEATRE.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. “THE TUNNEL.” • \. . Without question the . most, ambitious flip yet to emanate : from any British studio! “The Tunnel” starring Richard Dix, Leslie Banks, Madge Evans, Helen Vincent. and C ' Aubrey Smith, proves even more conclusively the heights to which Gau-mont-Jlritish directors, technicians and actors can attain providing a film that is more than spectacle, and more than drama: it is a direct appeal to human interest.

The story has for its central character McAllan, idealistic engineer, who conceives the plan of a- giant sub-Atlantic Tunnel, linking Britain •with America. Backed hv a syndicate of millionaires, he eventually succeeds in completing the project, in the face of almost insuperable odds. Appealing human interest angles are supplied by a subsidiary development depicting McAllan’s estrangement from his wife, Ruth, when he neglects her for his work on the Tunnel.

Madge Evans, as Richard Dix's pathetic wife, is another importation who rises to the occasion, her study being distinguished by some moving emotional acting. Others who give fine performances are Leslie Banks, C. Aubrey Smith, Jimmy Hanley, Casi] Sydney, Henry Oscar, and, of course, Valter Huston and George Arliss.