PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 7193, 27 June 1933, Page 12

PALMERSTON PICTURE PROGRAMMES

PALACE THEATRE REX BEACH’S “PAST OF MARY HOLMES” Helen MacKcllar, New York stage star, wlio for the past ten years has said “No” to Hollywood movie propositions, changed her answer to "Yes” when RKORadio Pictures offered her the fascinating role of the Goose Woman in “The Past of Mary Holmes,” opening to-morrow afternoon at the Palace Theatre. “Turning down film offers has becomo a hobby with me,” Miss MacKellar said. “I kept count of the times, and in all I said •No’ exactly 68 times. I supposo I should have felt flattered, but, with my experience on the stage, I felt that the parts that were offered me were not in character with what I intended to have in my acting biography. I changed my mind when I was given the opportunity of playing this particular tolc. X feel that X can give something definite to it, and it to me! That has always been my philosophy of the stage, and it shall be for the screen as we 11..” “The Past of Mary Holmes” was directed by Harlan Thompson and Slavko Vorkapich, Edward Doherty and Marian Dix wrote the screen play from a short story, “The Goose Woman,” by Rex Beach. It tells the dramatic story of a woman who is embittered by the loss of her talent, a great voice, and who nearly sends her son to the electric chair" as a result of her mad desire foT publicity. A Viennese Romance, “Evenings for Sale” Herbert Marshall’s work in * Evenings for Sale,” which will be finally shown to-night at the Palace Theatre, is better than ever. It introduces. a new leading woman, and a fascinating one, in the person of Sari Alaritza. Marshall and Sari arc a delightful pair of misunderstanding lovers in this story of a penniless Austrian officer who turns gigolo to make a living. He meets his fate at a riotous carnival, but when she sees him dancing with a rich American widow she misinterprets the situation in a manner that distributes the first boulders on a rocky Toad to happiness. Among strong supporting films aTe several excellent items, including a Mack Sennett comedy entitled “The Dentist”; a Screen Souvenirs subject, a screen song, “Sing a Song,” and a Paramount Hews.

‘SEARCH POR BEAUTY’ CONTEST Intimation is given in our advertising columns that Paramount’s “Search for Beauty” screen talent contest will definitely "close on Saturday, July S, and that on or before this date entry forms, accompanied by photographs, must be received by the Regent Theatre or tho Central Booking Office. KOSY THEATRE “HELLO, TROUBLE,” AND “THIS SPORTING AGE” Buck Jones’ latest outdoor thriller, “Hello, Trouble,” in conjunction with Jack Holt's “This Sporting Age,” concludes at the Kosy Theatre to-day. In “Hello, Trouble,” Buck is a Texas Ranger, who while performing nis duty, shoots his friend, Johnny B'oyle, who used to be a Banger, too, but who has fallen into bad company. This so unnerves Buck, playing Jeff Douglas, that he decides to quit ranging and find peace of mind at the Silver Circle Ranch in Arizona. But instead of finding tho calm lifo that ne hoped for, Jeff has to pull out of worse holes than ever before, to say nothing of saving others, including Janet Kenyon (Lina” Basquette), a pretty Eastern girl, with whom he finally falls in love. “This Sporting Age” features Jack Holt in a brilliant polo story. Well-known players are associated with the star, including Evalyn Knapp, Hardic Albright, Walter Byron and J. Farrell MacDonald. Chapter 11. of “The Lost Special” is also screened. To-Morrow, Dunn and Eilers in Fourth Co-Starring Film When James Dunn and Sally Eilers appear in “Sailor's Luck,” at the Kosy Theatre ato-morrow, they will be in their fourth “team,” picture.

The pair rose to stardom together in “Bad Girl,” which led to co-starring roles in ‘“Over the Hill” and "Dance Team.” Although thoy have both starred in several pictures apart from one another, they remain one of the screens most famous teams. “Sailor’s Luck” depicts the romance of a happy-go-lucky tar and a girl who is down on her luck but up on her wisecracking. Others in the cast of this Fox Film comedy are Sammy Cohen, Frank Moran, Victor Jory, Esther Muir, Will Stanton (the inebriated fisherman in “Mo and My Gal”), Curley Wright, Jerry Mandy, Lucien Littlefield, Buster Phelps and Frank Atkinson. The direction is by Raoul Walsh, maker of “What Price Glory” and “Tho Cock-Eyed World.” REGENT THEATRE “THE SECRET OF MADAME BLANCHE” “The Secret of Madame Blanche,” a new offering, will concludo at the Regent Theatre this evening, with Irene Dunno in the starring role. She is cast as a chorus girl who marries a titled Englishman only to find tragedy at the end of her love affair. A semes of engrossing dramatic circumstances befall tho girl before she is finally united with the son born of this marriage. Tho well-known stago and screen character actor, Lionel Atwill, plays the father-in-law, who refuses to accept her, and who fights her with court procedure in an effort to seize the child. Phillips Holmes plays a totally different role as the young Englishman who marries tho chorus girl, but who finds himself too weak to carry the responsibilities of a family. Douglas Walton plays the son at maturity. The supporting programme is composed of a very laughable Charley Chase comedy entitled “Girl Grief,” and two intensely interesting Metrotone Newsreels. “Grand Hotel” at the Regent Tomorrow Following sensational runs in the principal cities of the world, the longawaited and much-discusscd Aletro-Goldwyn-Mayer all-star production, “Grand Hotel,” will open at the Regent Theatre to-morrow evening. Bookings have been very heavy, and several nights in particular are being booked almost to the limit. “Grand Hotel” differs fundamentally from the usual typo of screen entertainment. It is not a story in the ordinary sense of the word. It is more. It is the story cf lifo in a great European hotel — smart, glittering gay. Outwardly respectable, yet sheltering tragedy, comedy, despair and intrigue. Lifo swirls endlessly through the “Grand Hotel,” arid hero you will meet the guests of a few fleeting hours. Tho theme of “Grand Hotel” covers a period of two days only, but. those two days reveal a rich panorama of life. Picture yourself a guest—a veTy intimate guest—at the “Grand Hotel,” and what you will see and hoar will live in your memory long after your stay is finished, while life in the “Grand Hotel” goes on and on. Tho exotic Greta Garbo plays the Russian dancer Grusinsakaya, who lives on the acclaim of her audiences and is ready to die when they no longer applaud. John Barrymore plays the impecunious nobleman whose love for tho dancer prevents him from 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 tho Grand Hotel. Lewis Stone, Wallace Beery and Jean Hersholt head tho supporting cast, which also includes Robert MeWade, Purnell B. Pratt, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Rafaela Ottiano, Morgan Wallace, Tully Marshall, Frank • Conroy, Murray Kinnell and Edwin Maxwell. Intending patrons are advised by the management to secure their seats eariy by applying to the Central Booking Office, ’phone 7178. Tho length of “Grand Hotel” permits only the support of a newsreel, and tho attention of patrons is therefore drawn to the starting time of tho feature, which will be promptly: at 8,13,