PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6835, 16 April 1932, Page 3

PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

AT THE REGENT. TALLULAH BANKHEAD IS STARRED IN "MY SIN" Two human derelicts struggling in the stagnant, pool of tropic life —one a highly-educated lawyer, a victim ol liquor—the other a beautiful woman striving to forget a worthless husband in the false gaiety of her life as entertainer in a low class cabaret. These arc the colourful roles played by Fredric March and Tallulah Bankhead in Paramount’s latest talking picture, "My Sin,’’ commencing at the Regent matinco to-day, in which Miss Bankhead enacts her second star portrayal. After eight years as the idol of the English stage, Miss Bankhead made her motion picture debut in "Tarnished Lady,” in which she played opposite Clive Brook. Her brilliant work in that picture and in this, her second stellar performance, promises to make her as popular on the screen as she was on the British stage. “My Sin,” which shows at the Regent theatre today, develops into a powerful story of the regeneration of a man and a woman through mutual encouragement and understanding faith. Mr. March’s role as the besotted young lawyer, is a rich and dramatic one, and he plays it with all the skill that has made him As Dick Grady, the lawyer, March finds his entire life changed when ho sobers up sufficiently to save an innocent and mysterious woman, played by Miss Bankhead, from conviction iri a murder trial. Good supports will also be screened.

KOSY THEATRE. WARNER BAXTER GETS "KICK” OUT OE BANDIT PORTRAYALS. Almost every youngster craves at some time in his career to be a bold, bad bandit. And since the psychologists tell us that many boyhood ambitions persist in later life, this may explain the vicarious thrill Warner Baxter gets out of playing "bad-men” roles on the screen. "Probably,” Baxter says, "I would not care for outlaw parts as a steady diet—but then, there is nothing more boring than a steady diet, anyway. My own preferences arc for a variety of roles —dramatic, romantic or both, and changing in locale as much as possible. But I must admit to a secret ‘kick’ in being a bandit that I don’t find in more conventiouaf roles. Perhaps this is due to the pleasure of wearing—and using—a shiny peary-handlod .4.5 and the thrill of being pursued by a posse, and similar juvenile yearnings literally come to fife, or it may be just the romantic glamour that fiction and the screen throw about an outlaw character. But whichever the reason, the ‘kick’ is certainly present for the actor.” In his latest Fox vehicle, "Tho Cisco Kid,” showing at tho Kosy, Baxter once more gives a bandit portrayal, that of O. Henry’s reckless but elusive Cisco Kid, wliosc pursuit by Sergeant Mickey Dunn formed the theme of the memorable "In Old Arizona.”

PALACE THEATRE. No other expression than "The best footbalL picture this reviewer has ever seen” will do justice to "The Spirit of Notre Dame,” which opens at the Palace theatre to-day. This comedy-drama of the gridiron takes its place at once as one of the most entertaining pictures ever produced, either by Universal or any other company, and teems with thrills and human interest throughout its length. One of tho most interesting young men on the screen to-day, Lew Ayres, is presented as a small town high school football star who enters Notre Dame, becomes the leading ball carrier of the team, only to find himself in disgrace when he allows his personal feelings to overcome temporarily tho spirit which leads a college player to work for tho success of tho team as a whole. Further interest is added to tho picture by tho participation of eleven of Notre Dame's most famous football stars, including Frank Garidco, All-American quarterback, "The Four Horsemen,” and other players whose exploits on tho gridiron arc familiar to every American fan. And it is not only tho fan, by the way, who will enjoy "The Spirit of Notre Dame.” It will amuse and thrill every man, woman and child who is fortunate .enough to see it.