ENTERTAINMENTS

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIX, Issue 149, 26 May 1939, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

KOSY THEATRE. “THE FRONTIERSMEN.” Romance and war hit tile range country 1 at the same time in Raramount’s new s “llopalong Cassidy” outdoor action tliril- ; lor, “The Frontiersmen,!’ which is now showing at tho Kosy Theatre with TVil--5 !inm Boyd, George Ilayes and Russoll > Hayden cast in familiar roles. The story ‘ j concerns tho “cyclone” that hits the 1 region around “Bar 20,” when a beautiful •'young teacher arrives to put the local 1 school on its feet and is immediately torn [ I between the attention of ranchers on one : i side and rustlers (posing as law-abiding ; i citizens) on the oilier. When the situa--51 tion finally gets out of control, “Hoppy” ! | settles old scores with tho rustlers by : j winning both the teacher and the school '| kills over to his side in a fight-to-llic- )| finish with the law-breakers. Evelyn Ven- , able and Clara Kimball Young head the ' feminine wing of the cast and; as an add- ! cd attraction, the picture presents tho . ifamous St. Brendan Boys’ Choir, tho , members of which are cast as the school kids. ! “HOLD ’EM NAVY.” I Five film favourites will bo seen in their ' most outstanding roles to dato in Para- ' mount’s comedy romance. “Hold ’Em ] Navy,” which is now showing at (lie Kosy Theatre. There are Low Ayres, John Howard, Mary Carlisle, Benny Baker and Elizabeth Patterson, who worked under tli direction of Kuri Neumann, ace director who megaphoned “Wako Up and Dream” and “Espionage.” Howard, recently seen here in “Bulldog Drummond Comes Back.” and Ayres portray naval students in the film. Miss Carlisle, who scored tremendously opposite Bing Crosby in "Double or Nothing,” (Jays the proprietress of a sweet shop where midshipmen gather to bask in tho warmth of her smiles. Miss Patterson, who recently completed the important role of Randolph Scott’s grandmother in “High, Wide and Handsome,” will be seen ns Miss Carlisle’s young-minded grandmother, and Baker has been given the film’s leading comedy role. “TIIE LONE RANGER.” For the first time in tho history of motion pictures, a film lias been produced and released without ilie identity of the leading character being known. In “The Lone Ranger, Republic serial, the opening chapter of which starts to day at the Kosy Theatre, the "Lone Ranger’s” face is masked throughout tlio picture. METEOR THEATRE. “COWBOY FROM BROOKLYN.” “Cowboy From Brooklyn,” with Dick Powell, Pat O’Brien, and Priscilla Lane in tlio leading roles, is now showing at the Meteor Theatre. It is tlio story of hilarious adventures—and misadventures—of a Brooklyn, New York, crooner who goes West in order to make good. Blended villi the aninsing story arc charming melodic interludes in which l’owcll, Miss Lane and several. other members of the large and talented cast sing the five new songs writtoil for this production ns well as some famous old-time cowboy ballads. Despite the tact that “Cowboy From Brooklyn” opens in a western locale, it is distinctly not a “western” picture. It is, in fact, the direct antitheses of all westerns, for it takes nothing seriously. At the outset, Powell is seen as an indigent musician from Brooklyn heating his way to the west coast of the U.S.A. with two pals. They all get stranded at a Wyoming dude ranch. Daughter and son of the owners of the ranch arc Miss Lane and Johnnie “Scat.” Davis. 'There the three musicians got jobs entertaining the guests. A Broadway theatrical producer, played by I’at O’Brien comes lo the ranch, thinks he lias discovered in Powell a “natural” cowboy crooner and rushes him hack East, where lie wins Inigo success as a he-man from the wide-open spaces. His deep, dark secret, however, is that he’s scared to death of a ! horse. When Powell lias become famous on the radio as “Wyoming Steve Gibson.” Dick Foran, playing an authentic cowboy with aspirations as a singer, proclnims that “Gibson” is a fake. Foran is motivated by jealousy over Powell’s success and over Priscilla’s obvious preference for the cas(erner. To convince the public that Powell is a genuine cowboy. O'Brien arranges for him io ride a bronco and bulldog a steer at a rodeo at 'Madison Square Garden. That begins a series of delirious complications which arc climaxed—and it. would be cheating to fell here how it was managed —with Powell doing precisely what lie was advertised to do. O’Brien becoming a. can- 1 clidato for another rest cure, and Priscilla i getting her man VIENNESE BOYS TO-MORROW. CONCERT AT OPERA HOUSE. 1 To-morrow afternoon, at 2.30. and again , to-morrow night at 8, in the Opera House, the famous Vienna Mozart Boys’ Choir ' will present a programme of vocal music | of a kind all too rarely heard in this part of the world. Ranging from gems of the Church masters of the 16th century down to the popular waltz tunes of Johann Strauss, tho repertoir'e of these remarkable young choristers includes something for practically every possible shade of musical taste. The noveliy of the entertainment, j the combination of colouring and shading. ! the fresh youtlifulness of the fads, and the extent of their musical knowledge and in- | terpretive (lowers combine to weave a spoil over tho most sophisticated audiences. The special feature of the programme will he the presentation in costume of Gluck’s humorous operetta, “The Deceived Cadii.” There will also he groups of madrigals,, motets and folk songs from many countries. The conductor. Dr Georg Gruber, is an eminent Viennese musician. Plans and flay sales are at Messrs Collinson and Cunningliame’s ,