ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 79, 4 March 1937, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KOSY THEATRE. “IF YOU COULD ONLY COOK.” The world would be a pretty drab place if it wero not for jovial, fun-filled personalities liko Horbort Marshall, Jean Arthur, Leo Carrillo, and Lionel St under, stare and principals of Columbia's newromantic comedy, “If You Could Only Cook,” which is at tho Kosy Theatre. Together, with tho helpful direction of William A. Soitcr, who knows a comedy situation when he secs one, and seme exceptionally amusing dialogue from tho joint pens of Howard .J. Green and Gertrudo Purcell, they mako the film a sparkling and iiappy thing. Marshall has always been an adopt at comedy. He is an artful actor with a voice that falls easily on tho cars and a manner that generally gives hint command •of whatever scene he happens to be playing. But in this picture he gets a run for his money, in tho shape of tho glcoful Miss Arthur, who makes her bow as a fully-fledged star. In a nutshell, the story concerns a disgruntled millionaire, wiio is about to marry a girl he doesn't love, and a broke, out-of-work young lady who meets him on a park bench. Thinking him a fellow member of the army of unemployed, the girl invites him to go with her and answer an advertisement for a married couple to serve as butler and maid. On the spur of the moment, ho accepts; and, pretending to be married, they got the job. Of course, a millionaire betrothed to a society girl can’t go off and be a butler without things happening, especially if that same millionaire falls in love with another girl with bice eyes who knows howto cook. BROADWAY BILL.” . Tho casting of Myrna opposite Warner Baxter in Frank Capra’s Columbia picture, “Broadway Bill,” which is tho season feature at the Kosy Theatre, brings her together again with the first leading man site ever had on the screen. “Broadway Bill” is a romantic comedy in which Baxter plays a reckless, lovable rouseabout, and Miss Loy is a horse-loving feminine counterpart ot him. The roic gives this clever actress a line dramatic opportunity and something entirely different from “The Thin Man” and other parts she has played lately. MAYFAIR THEATRE. “THREE MEN ON A HORSE.” “Three Men on a Horse,” screening tonight at the Mayfair Theatre, is the sideepntfiing story of Erwin (pronounced Oiwin), a meek little writer of greeting card verses—who lias the weird gill ot picking winners in horse races. It is the screen version of iho Broadway stage play which is well on its second year in New York and going strong. Erwin keeps' his secret to himself, and as he rides to and fro from work from his home, he jots down in a little book liis prognostications and imaginary winnings. His nagging wife finds the book, denounces him as a philanderer, and browbeats him to tin; point of desperation. When Jus boss orders him lo produce fifty Mother's Day greeting verses before the noon whistle blows —lus troubles begin to pyramid—and drive him to a gin mill to drown his woes in drink. It is there that fate catches up with him Three gangsters arc talking about horses and tjiwm timidly offers a tip. They laugh at him and bet on the favourite who loses. Seeing that tho little man “has something,”— they imprison him and proceed to get. rich on his lips on the winners. They ’phone to his boss that he is sick—and when his wife hears this—she rouses the police and a city-wide search is instituted. ’This begins as uproarious a comedy as ever set an audience chortling The cast is beaded by Frank McHugh and Joan Blondell. Carol Hughes plays Oiwin’s weepy wife. The trio of gangsters are played with loud gusto liy Ailen Jenkins, Teddy Hart, and Sam Lcvcne, the latter two from tho Broadway stage production. Guy lvibbce is iho greeting-card manufacturer who drives Oiwin to his doom. Others in the east are Raul Ilarvcy, Harry Davenijprt, Elly Malyon, Eddie Anderson, and Tola Nasmith.