PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7192, 26 June 1933, Page 10

PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

A CHANCE IN THE MOVIES Those young people of this district rvho are possessed of both good looks and talent, and rvlio aspire to a screen career, will do well to enter for Paraiuount's ‘'Search for Beauty” screen talent contest, which is now being conducted locally by the Regent Theatre, under authority from Paramount Pictures, Inc. (U.S.A.) Pull particulars and entry forms may be had at the Central Booking Office. KOSY THEATRE TWO BIG PEATUEE PICTURES The main attraction of the current Kosy Theatre programme is the latest Buck Jones Western romance, “Hello, Trouble.” In this Jones again proves his right to the premiership of Western actors. The supporting feature is “This Sporting Age,” presenting Jack Holt, Evalvn Knapp and an all-star cast. As Captain John Steele, a famous polo player, Holt is persuaded by Johnny Raeburn, played by Hardie Albright, to go east and play in the forthcoming international polo match; and his portrayal of the adoring father who wants to do everything possible for his motherless daughter and closest pal, Mickey (Evalyn Knapp) is strong and appealingly sympathetic. What happens to these two before they return to the west furnishes a large consignment of romance and excitement. The plot of the story is unusually interesting and different, and it is worked out by a particularly luminous cast. There is a genuine and prettv romance between Mickey and Raeburn. But one of the players on the visiting team makes ardent love to her during the dance in honour of the visitors. Incidentally Steele’s best polo pony becomes mysteriously sick at the same time that Steele has fallen for a fascinating widow. We are led to believe that all these exciting events are part of a conspiracy to win the match. Steele finds out about everything and plays like a demon m the international polo match, Trhich brings this swell entertainment to a spectacular climax. Chapter 11. of the serial, “The Lost Special,” is an added attraction.

REGENT THEATRE “SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE” AN EFFECTIVE TALKIE As poignant and touching a drama as has Teaehed the talkies in some time is depicted on the screen of the Regent Theatre, where “The Secret of Madame Blanche” is now showing with Irene Dunne giving another of the strong emotional portrayals wnich havo made this star so popular with cinema audiences. Stirringly enacted, intelligently directed, and produced with the customary proficiency of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, this picture holds one’s interest from the very opening sequences in a theatrical, atmosphero in which Miss Dunne sings and dances, to the final climax in a French courtroom. Tho tolo of the maligned heroine of “Tho Socret ol Madame Blanche” is undoubtedly one of the finest parts Miss Dunne has ever had, and she plays it with all the skill at her command. Lionel .Atwill is excellently cast as the embittered father, and the part of the titled Englishman is effectively played by Phillips Holmes. An admirable supporting east includes Una Merkel, Douglas Walton, 0. Henry Gordon, Jean Parker and Mitchell Lewis. No little of tho credit for the success of this picture must go to Charles Brabin, who has shown a discerning touch in his direction of the narrative and a splendid eye for brilliant photographic sequences. The supporting programme is composed of a very laughable Charley Chase comedy entitled “Girl Grief, ” and two intensely interesting Newsreels —a Metrotone and Fox. “Grand Hotel” The eagerness with which the muchdiscussed Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. allstar production, “Grand Hotel,” is being awaited is reflected in the exceptional bookings for the picture which is to commence its season at the Re-o-ent Theatre on Wednesday evening next. The world premiere of “Grand Hotel” at the Astor Theatre, in New York, was marked by the largest public advance sale of tickets in the history of the theatre. Based on the Vicki Baum novel, “Grand Hotel” brings to tho semen the most remarkable galaxy of stars and players ever seen in a motion picture. Each of the five principal roles is filled by an outstanding screen star. The exotic Greta Garbo plays the Russian dancer, Grusinskaya, who lives on ithe acclaim of her audiences and is ready to die when they no longer applaud. John Barrymore plays the impecunious nobleman whoso lovo for the dancer prevents him turning thief. Joan Crawford is cast as a seductive stenographer, and Lionel Barrymore plays the provincial bookkeeper, Kringelein, who, broken in health, spends his hoarded savings to enjoy his last days in the splendour of the Grand Hotel. Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery and Jean Hersholt head the supporting cast, which also includes Robert McWade, Purnell B. Pratt, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Rafaela Ottiano, Morgan Wallace, Tully Marshal], Frank Conroy, Murray Kinnell and Edwin Maxwell. The lives of these strangely different characters are drawn together in the vortex of the fashionable Berlin hotel and the result is a fascinating, dramatic panorama in which love, intrigue murder, comedy and tragedy ell play a part. Intending patrons are advised by the management to secure their seats early by applying to the Central Booking Office, phone 7178. Tho length of "Grand Hotel” permits only.

the support of a newsreel, and the attention of patrons is therefore drawn to tho starting time of the feature, which -will be promptly at 8.13. PALACE THEATRE MARSHALL-MARITZA SCORE IN FILM HIT “Evenings for Sale,” a Paramount picture, which opened on Saturday at the Palace Theatre, is a romantic comedy of post-war Vienna, with Herbert Marshall, phenomenal star of “Trouble in Paradise,” in the role of an impoverished nobleman, and Sari Maritza as the very charming daughter of a bourgeois merchant. "Evenings for Sale” tells how Franz and Lela (Marshall and Maritza) meet at a masked ball, and how Franz, who had looked eagerly forward to suicide on the preceding morning, finds that ho wants to live so much that he is even willing to aeecpt work as a paid entertainer in a cafe run by his former butler. There ho meots Jenny Kent (Mary Boland), an American widow in Vienna for a vacation, and quite innocently, the simple-hearted Jenny becomes the third in a strange triangle. Tho film is a charming and delightful piece of entertainment, distinguished by its east and by its brilliant direction at the hand of Stuart Walker. It is not to bo missed. Among strong supporting films arc several excellent items, including a Mack Sennett comedy entitled “The Dentist”; a Screen Souvenirs subject, a screen song, “Sing a Song,” and a Paramount News.