PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6837, 19 April 1932, Page 10

PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

PALACE THEATRE. “SPIRIT OF NOTRE DAME.” The football season was moved forward three months to make way for the filming of “The Spirit of Notre Dame,” The making of the picture, which stars Lew Ayres ,brought to Hollywood many of Notre Dame's greatest gridiron heroes, who fought their way through many hard games, under the brilliant California sun, obtaining their only relief when they went through preliminary signal practice clad in bathing suits. At times there were more than a hundred football players on the field at Universal City, in scenes representing the practice field at Notre Dame University prior to the opening of the season.

And Universal City suddenly achieved as much football spirit as could any college. The entire studio entered into the making of the picture, and the entire thought of the great picture-making plant was given ov'er to the exploits of “our team." Small wonder, when the list of players included Frank Carideo, twice All-American quarterback, the famous “Four Horsemen,” Adam Walsh, John Law, Moon Mullins, John O’Brien, Art McManmon, A 1 Howard and Bucky O'Connor, all outstanding players under the inspired coaching of Knutc ltocknc. - Lew Ayres is starred in “The .Spirit of Notre Dame,” which was directed by Bussell Mack, and his supporting cast also includes William Bakewell, J. Farrell MacDonald, Sally Blanc, Andy Devine, Florence Lake and Harry Barris. This exciting Universal picture screens at the Palace finally tonight.

REGENT THEATRE. FINALLY TO-NIGHT THE GREAT CO-STAR FEATURE "MY SIN." No bettor role could have been chosen for Tullulah Bankhead, idol of the English stage, than that of Ann Trevor, a woman with a past, who mends her broken life in "My Sin," a' Paramount picture which concludes to-night ar. the Regent Theatre. "My Sin," is not a story of a single sin, as most people would imagine from the title; it brings to the screen the talc of two derelicts—a man and a woman—who meet in a low-class cabaret in tropical Panama. How they lift, themselves, through each other’s efforts, from the very depths, the picture purposes to tell. "My Sin," is not a comedy; it does not profess to be such. It is a sincere portrayal of a very serious t.hcmc —regeneration through mutual love and understanding. It is in dramatic force that "My Sin" appeals most strongly. Frederic March takes the principal male lead. He, too, is first seen as a pitiable outcast of society, and in a wonderful characterisation, played with force and conviction, once again finds his place in the world. Each lives his and her part, and with the picture the audience also lives. After all that is true entertainment. Erilliant Star Appears in "Strangers May Kiss." Norma Shearer and Robert Montgomery, the combination of whoso names spells success to any picture score new triumphs in their latest Metro-Uoidwyn-Maycr offering "Strangers May Kiss," which is the star attraction at the Regent Theatre matinee to-morrow. The story, which is ultra modern, concerns a girl who longs to be independent, and who falls in Jove with a young writer, who holds similar views. Neither of them —the man in particular—believe in marriage. The girl, however, has a constant lover in Steve, a, wealthy young man, who docs his best to stop the girl from wrecking her life. The adventures of the three arc woven into a most gripping story, which leads lip to the most unexpected of unexpected climaxes. Norma Shearer, as the. girl, gives the most brilliant performance of her highly-succcssful career. Her frocking, every time she enters she wears a different creation — is, as usual, unrivalled. Robert Montgomery', more breezy and humorous than ever, plays the part- of Steve, the constant lover. Ho and Miss Shearer are a team that can bo seen time and time again. Neil Hamilton gives a sterling performance as tho writer who will not submit to the ties of marriage, and Marjorie Rambeau and Irene Rich both have important roles. The settings—tho action takes place in New York, the Riviera and Paris—are magnificent. "Strangers May Kiss" is supported by "Beau Hunks," a Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy comedy con-

sidered by all to be the greatest comedy put on the screen to-day, and should not be missed by patrons who enjoy a good laugh and morn laughs as produced by Laurel and Hardy in "Beau Hunks." KOSY THEATRE. O'HENRY’S "CISCO KID” The final screening of o’Henry’s masterpiece "Cisco Ivid," takes place to-night. To-morrow there will be a complete change of programme. "Reckless Living." The race track and all of its intimate sidelights—bookies, ’phone rooms, and all of the other ramifications'—will no longer retain their secrets after seeing "Reckless Living," which will make its Palmerston North premiere at the Kosy to-morrow. Through a maze of tho most sparkling dialogue, Ricardo Cortez, the suave; Mae Clarke, tho talented; and Norman Poster, the boyish, play respectively the semivillainous gambler, the heroine who makes rye in a bath-tub, and the hero who falls in and out of "scrapes" with alarming regularity'. Cortez is the snarling, tender, unscrupulous phoneroom proprietor to a tee, and if he does not "steal" t.hc picture completely' it will probably be because of tho brilliance of the blonde Miss Clarke and the scintillating Foster —Claudette Colbert’s husband, incidentally'. Ami last, but not least, Slim Summerville and Marie Provost are seen. The picture iH based upon last season’s stage hit, "On the Up and Up," and concerns a young couple in love whom circumstances force to act as a decoy for a band of law-breaking race tracl>. betters. The betting chief, Cortez, ioves the young wife, and the young husband does not love the betting chief. The wife, Mae Clarke, conducts a speakeasy in one phase of the film, and Poster, r.lio husband, experiences the ins and cuts of driving a taxi.