AMUSEMENTS

Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1937, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. TO-NIGHT. TO-NIGHT. “THEODORA GOES WILD. 1 ’ “Theodora Goes Wild,’’ starring f Ireiie Dunne in her first major role as a comedienne, will be the attraction at the Princess theatre again this evening. For the ■ first time in a career studded with such dramatic gems as “Cimarron,” “Back Street,” "-Magnificent .Obsession” .and “Show Boat,” | .Miss- • Donne turns’ to the gay, light side' of life; with "gratifying • “results. 1 Playing opposite the titian-haired star i in the role of a happy-go-lucky illhs-1 trator is Melvyn Douglas, one oi Holly- j wood’s most popular actors. Others in large east are ’I liomas Mitchell,, Thgrston Ha II,•, Rosalind Keith t Spring : Byington and Margaret AleVl ade. In . “Theodora. Goes Wild,” Miss Dunne is, seen as a small town “nobody” who be-j comes famous as the author ol sophisti- ( cated novels. When she falls in love with Douglas, whose estranged wife I refuses to give him a divorce, she takes a page from her own novel and launches a campaign of wild escapades to gain her objective. “Theodora Goes Wild” ( • from a screen play by Sidney Buchman, Mary McCarthy is the author of the or-| iginal story. Abfo Springboks v. All Blacks 2nd Test, Springboks v. Otago.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. “THESE THREE.” . V - * ■ . At the Princess Theatre to-morrow night United Artists will present their great feature “Those J hree in which Miriam . Hopkins, Merle Oheron and Joel. AleCyea will head a great caste. A startling performance is given by a young girl, ipi thi,s .picture.