AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 18 May 1937, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PICTURES. TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. ZANE GREY’S “NEVADA.” That young gianb of a man, Larry “Buster” Crabbe, has developed into a screen cowboy of the first water in his new picture, “Nevada”, produced by Paramount from Zane Grey’s story, which opens at the Princess lheatio to-night. Crabbe, world-famous a s a swimming star before the motion pictures snagged him, is a “root-tootin cowboy fer sartin” and this scieen 10manoe of old Arizona furnishes him with ample opportunity to demonstrate his adroitness with the shootin’ irons as well a s his ability to ride with the best of them. In short, the films have found an ideal man to revive the traditions of such old-timers as William g. Hart and Tom Mix. BING CROSBY IN “TWO FOR TONIGHT.” “Two for To-night” is a gay, romantic comedy, with music, in which Bing is cast as a singer, one of the three sons of Mary Boland. In an effort to to'sell a song to a deaf music publisher* ; Bing is hurt when an airplane crashes. The pilot of the plane, Miss Bennett, given the impression by Miss Boland that Bing is an author, arranges aa interview with her boss, Lynne Overman, theatrical producer. Overman orders Crosby to write a play for his star Thelma Todd. Events lead the singer to a night club in.*searcli of more material to finish his play. After an hilarious seltzer water, syphon squirting contest in the club, Bing lands in gaol. An exciting climax brings Bing to the realisation of the girl he really ]ove*. Hit songs by Mack Gordon and Harry Revel, include “I Wish I Mere Aladdin,” “Takes Two to Make a Bargain,” “Two for To-night,” “From the Top of Your Head to the Tip of Your Toes,” Frank Tuttle diiected. WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY. “OUR RELATIONS.” Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy will.be seen in their great fun-making picture “Our Relations.” Also "Foolproof' (Crime Doesn’t Pay series), Our Gang comedy and Cinesound, and Metrotone New s reel.

REGENT THEATRE. \ TO-NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. DOUBLE STAR PROGRAMME. “THE BRIDE WALKS OUT,” AND “THE BORDER PATROLMAN.” Gene Raymouth encounters with Johnny Law in “The Bride Walks Out new comedy romance starring the gracious Barabara Stanwyck, establishes some record or other for the tow headed actor. He is arrested four times during the stormy portion of his maimed, life with Miss Stanwyck an “The Bride Walks Out.” As a pugnacious newly-wed who can only stop an argument with a sock on the jaw or a punch in he nose. Raymond runs headlong int,o trouble with the law, even on the la>v”s own grounds, the courts. "Love on a Budget” may be an alternative title lor “Ihe Bride Walks Out,” for it presents Raymond’s efforts to conduct a happily married existence with Miss Stanwyck on a lean 35 dollars a week. Some of the difficulties they encounter lead In monel's arrest. Robert Young, as a wealthy admirer of Babara Stanwyck, and Ned Sparks and Helen Broderick, the droll comedians who are joined in a laugh team for the first time, complete the featured cast of “The Bride Walks Out,’’ an RKO Radio picture

A two-fisted man who loves a fight and a headstrong heiress who fights back with weapons he has never before known, highlight the story of "The Border Patrolman,” Fox release at the Regent Theatre currently with George O’Brien in starring role and Polly Ann Young heading the east. O’Brien loses his job with the border patrol through Polly Ann’s interference, but h« gets revenge bv convincing her grandfather that the girl needs a guardian, and obtains the job himself. This ignites a powder keg, for the the' girl gets mixed up with a gang of international smugglers and the thrills come .thick and fast before the breathtalcing climax.