PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6836, 18 April 1932, Page 10

PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

KOSY THEATRE. WARNER BAXTER AND EDMUNDi LOWE IN “THE CISCO KID.” j ‘‘You’re in the Army Now.” This] internationally known melody of tho > “out-lit” might well bo Edmund Lowe’s j theme-song, even though its implicit-! lions about now getting rich are hard--ly in keeping with tho comfortable sai-1 ary the noted actor receives. For Lowe's greatest screen successes have been invariably tied up with his soldier and marine portrayals. “What Price Glory?” “In Old Arizona,” “The Cock-Eyed World,” “Born Reckless,” “Women of All Nations,” all have enjoyed notable attention from the public. Ilis particular Hair and Victor McLaglcn’s, have made them tho best known “soldier” actors on the screen to-day, and no matter how many “Transatlantics” and “.Spiders” picture Lowe in the future, that same public will always demand further doughboy and leatherneck characterisations. His latest Fox vehicle, “The Cisco Kid.” in which ho is co-featurcd with AVarncr Baxter, again shows Lowe in a military uniform, that of a cavalry sergeant on tho Arizona border. With Ids persistent chase of Baxter as tho Cisco Kid, Lowe encounters plenty ot adventure, and Conchita Alontoncgro and Nora Lane furnish au abundance of romance. “Tho Cisco lvid,” now as tho lvosy Theatre, and according to reports, proved to be a sensation at its local showings. Director Irving Cummings took his entire company to the desert near Tucson, Arizona, to film the exterior scenes, and the photography is reported as one of the most striking features of the picture.

PALACE THEATRE. “THE SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAAIE” FOUNDED ON REAL INCIDENTS. The story of “The Spirit of Notre Dame” merely is ninety per cent, laot, ten per cent, iictiou. That is one of the reasons why this football picture is not only true to life in its football, but more important stilt, it is the kind of picture that any college graduate will enjoy as the real tiling. The reason that “The Spirit of Notre Dame,” which is now playing at tho Palace Theatre got that way, is three-fold. In the first place, it had to satisfy the college authorities both in story and in its finished form before it could be released. Second, it contained real football players and real characters who were working whole-heartedly and with devotion in their hearts to create a fitting memorial to Knutc Kockne. t hird, one of the authors of tho story worked for six weeks at Notre Dame, lived in its dormitories, ato in its mess halls, sat in its class rooms, paced the beautiful path of its campus, drank in its traditions from teachers, students and coaches. When Dale Aan Every returned to Universal City after this unique experience, ho and E. Richard Schaycr whipped the story into form, retaining all of the incidents and elements that made it a real document of a college institution. There is a rcai prototype, for instance, of the cnaractcr of Lew Ayres, the boy from Hockcrville, who was tho whole thing on his high school team. Tho prototype was the recipient of a testimonial watch and a great send-off at the station in let's say, Whoozisville and lie alighted from the train at the next station, pawned the watch, and hitch-hiked to South Bend with enough money to see him through the first semester. It would be unkind and impolitic to mention his name.

AT THE REGENT. AHSS TALLULAH BANKHEAD COSTARRED IN “AIY SIN” FILM. Tallulah Bankhead, the alluring stage actress, and Frederic Alarch, share starring honours in the new and engrossing Paramount drama, “Aly Sin,” now at the Regent. In “Aly Sin Tallulah Bankhead plays the role of a cabaret entertainer in Panama who goes to New York in a courageous elfort to forget her past and begin life anew. In fact, it is Frederic Alarch, a young lawyer who befriends her, who inspires her with the necessary confidence to return to her own country and begin all over again. A. year slips by, revealing Tallulah Bankhead now successfully launched in business and engaged to the son of a socially prominent family. But just, when Tullalah feels sure that she has escaped completely from her old life, two tilings happen to change the course of all her plans. First her fiancee’s uncle, who knew her well in Panama, arrives on the scene, and second, Frederic Alarch, now established and successful, comes to New York bent on asking Tallulah to be his wife. The manner in which Tallulah faces the most important crisis of her life brings “Ary Sin” to a powerful and convincing climax. In the tolc of the onetime cabaret entertainer who tights desperately for love and security, bntlulah Bankhead gives a decidedly entertaining performance. It is a delineation of character definitely establishing Aliss Bankhead as a screen star of the first rank. And Frederic Alarch as the lawyer who saves her life and, later on, lights again to win her everlasting happiness, is effective in a good role. Anne Sutherland, Scott Kollc and Harry Davenport aro excellent as members of tho supporting east. Norma Shearer Coming in “Strangers May Kiss. ” Commencing at the Regent matinee

on Wednesday is a picture of outstanding merit and appeal. This is “Strangers May Kiss." Miss Shearer appears in the most glamorous role of her career, and achieves an even greater performance than that of “Kitty Brown” in “Let Us Be Gay." As Lisbeth, the modern girl, who is convinced that men believe, in a double standard, Miss Shearer performs a difficult characterisation. Yet she makes it a convincing one, and when she takes her mad iiing at life you feel the humility of her realisation that after all conventions arc man-made laws. Robert Montgomery in the role of a devoted but humble sweetheart, and Neil Hamilton, as the rugged adventurer with whom she embarks on an unconventional romance, give sterling performances in support of Miss Shearer. Other minor roles arc taken with brilliance by Irene Rich, Halo Hamilton and Marjorie Kambeau. “Strangers May Kiss” is supported by “Beau Hunks,” a. Stan Laurel and Sam Hardy comedy considered by all to bo tho greatest comedy put on the screen to-dav, and should not be missed by patrons who enjoy a good laugh and more laughs as produced by Laurel and Hardy in “Beau Hunks.”