ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LV, Issue 88, 12 March 1935, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KOSY THEATRE. “GIRLS WILL BE BOYS.” Ono of the most hilarious and entertaining screen attractions offered for a long time is the 8.1. P. production “Gills Will Bo Boys,” which screens finally to-night at the Kosy Theutre. The story centres around Pat Caverley,. a. vivacious young bundle of femininity whose grandfather is the Duke of Bridgewater. The Dime is. an eccentric old gentleman to whom the mere thought of a woman about the place is poison itself — let alone have her as an heir. Go/.sequently, when he receives a letter addressing him as “Dear Grandfather." which is signed “Pat Caverley,” he yells “Hurrah 1 a male heir,” jumps for joy and immediately despatches his secretary, Grey, to fetch the young fellow front Paris. But when Grey reaches Paris toe “young fellow” is in skirts, and rightly so, for Pat turns out to bo Patricia and not Patrick at all! llow it all works out is far too funny to be spoilt by revelation here. Tho star is Dolly Haas, a delightfully captivating Continental artist while a splendid cast comprises Cyril Maude Irene Vanbrugh and r.dward Chapman. Episode 7 of tho thrilling Western serial, “Red Rider,” featuring Buck Jones, together with pictorial, scenic and nov.tliy, complete nil excellent programme. “THE MAN WITH TWO FACES,” AND “THE CHURCH MOUSE.”

“The Man With Two Faces,” a First National melodramatic murder mystery thriller, opens at the Rosy Thcatie tomorrow with Edward G. Rooinson in the stellar role. The picture is based on tho stage play by George S. Kaufman and Alexander Woolcott, which was one of tho hits of Broadway of the past season. The story deals with a theatrical family, the identity of which is not disclosed, in which them are several brilliant players. In addition to the mystery angle the picture takes the spectators behind the wings, giving them a poop into the private lives of tho folk of the stage. The mystery evolves about the strange murder of tlie husband of u brilliant actress, a man of evil mind and with a hynotic influence over his wife. There arc several suspects, including tho wife herself, as well as her lover, and brother. Mr Robinson, tho star, is supported by am. unusually large and talented cast. Miss Astor has tho leading feminine role opposite him, while Ricardo Cortez plays tho heroic role of Miss Astor’s lover. Louis G’alhern is the ■’ diabolical husband who comes to ail untimely end, while Mae Clarke also has an important part. Laura La Plante, m “The Church Mouse,” is the second attraction.

REGENT THEATRE. “WE LIVE AGAIN.” Samuel Goldwyn’s presentation of “We Live Again,” starring Anna Sten and Frednc March, will be screened finally at the Regent Theatre- this evening. This best-loved of all Russian stories has the countryside■ ill the days cf the Czars as its early setting. Colourful religious festivals, 'gypsy songs, breathtaking cavalry manoeuvres; Moscow, heavy with food and wine and debauched gaiety; sombi-o grey prisons, the- taut trial that gambles with human lives, the exile with which criminals were punished in that distant day, arc details in tho pateliquilt panorama that Director Roubon Mamoulian has taken out of Tolstoy s great humanitarian novel as a sotting lor the screen version, released through United Artists. Miss Sten and Mr. March have as fellow protagonists in the new Roubon Mamoulian picture, lovely young Jane Baxter, newly arrived front England, C. Aubrey Smith, Jessie Ralph, Sam Jalfc, Mary Forbes and a cast of Russians recruited front the Slavic 'colonies along the Pacific coast. Most of tho Russian players in tho cast are members of tho Dukhobor colonics in California and Canada. “TWENTY MILLION SWEETHEARTS.

A new romantic combination of unusual strength is featured in “Twenty Million Sweethearts,” the romance of radio behind the scenes, which commences its season at the Regent Theatre to-morrow. Dick Powell, well known in a succession of spectacular musical films, and Ginger Rogers, one of the most- beautiful of singing stars, are together m this picture, which reveals (lie rise and lall of a radio idol and how success destroys a romance. Powell, as a singing waiter, is discovered in a small Los Angelos restaurant by Pat O'Brien, the scout for talent for a broadcasting' company, and whisked to New York where his-efforts to! gain a place on the roster of tho broadcasting organisation arc attended by many adventures and much humour. All works out well through the timely intervention of the heroine, but it is only after the radio idol of the moment has learned how narrow (lie gap is between success and obscurity. The leading characters are at their best in this film, the cast containing Allen Jenkins (as “Uncle Pete”), Grant Mitchell and Joseph Cawthorne, and the radio passages being enriched by the remarkable singing of the four Mills Brothers, the remarkable negro quartette which has won abundant fame. Several good solos are also featured in the film. The supporting progiamme includes : a travel Ui.k of the East Indies, the latest newsreels, and a musical film entitled “King lor a Day.”

STATE THEATRE. “THE WHITE PARADE.” One of (lie most human, compelling and dramatic screen narratives in years is Jesse L. Lasky’s “The White Parade,’ which will have its final screening at the Regent Theatre to-night. “The White Parade” is dedicated to the memory of the immortal Florence Nightingale, founder of modern nursing, and the idol and pattern of those who pursue tnis profession. Loretta Young offers a masterly performance as the_ young student nurse who is the heroine, 'the film follows her schooling from the day of her enrolment, until, just graduated, she has to make her choice between the man she loves, John Boies, and the service whose true meaning has become every day more clear to her. John Boles contributes a splendid characterisation as the rich young suitor who, baffled by the elusive secret of these girl nurses, seeks fo persuade her that her life liesi with him. There are memorable performances also by Dorothy Wilson, Muriel Kirkland and Astrid Allwyn, among the heroine s comrades, and by Jane Harwell and Sara ITadon, as veteran nurses who are their superiors. “BY YOUR LEAVE.” RKO-Radio Pictures has delivered another hit in “By Your Leave,” which commoners at the State Theatre to-mor-row. A swift-moving, rollicking romantic comedy, it iias everything—a. superb east, delightful story, expert direction, and imposing production. Frank Morgan and Genevieve Tobin carry the acting laurels, but are closely pressed by such sterling performers as Neil Hamilton, Marion Nixon, Glenn Anders, Gene Lockhart, and Margaret Hamilton. The story concerns the inferiority complex which encroaching old age has given Henry Smith. Henry feels that a marital holiday during which he can have a last fling and prove that he still possesses attraction for ladies, may snap him out of the doldrums. Ellen, the wife, does not approve of the idea, but reluctantly agrees. Henry rushes away from his suburban home to New York, and straight . away meets Miter disillusion.