Palmerston Picture Programmes

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 279, 25 November 1936, Page 8

Palmerston Picture Programmes

REGENT THEATRE—TO-DAY ■ “When Ladies Meet." ■ In AletrO-Goldwyn-Alayer’s cinema version of ."When Ladies Meet,” one of Broadway's biggest hits of its season, Harry Beaumont was given an unusually generous , freedom in selecting prominent stage and screen artists to fill the principal roles of the comedy-drama, Ann Harding and Robert Alontgomery have tho co-starring roles. Other principals are Myrna Loy, Alice Brady, who manes her first talkie appearance in this picture, Frank Morgan, who contributed a memorable portrayal in “Reunion in Vienna,” , Aiartin Burton and Luis Alberni. The thesis of "When Ladies Aleet” is based on tho 'conclusions of what would happen when the- wife of a philandering husband meets the woman on whom this husband is now lavishing his attentions. The plot achieves its originality on the fact that its situations are so ingeniously arranged that neither of the rival women is aware of the other’s identity.- They are unex- ■ pectedly brought together at the home of a friend find before long take-each other into mutual confidence. When each subsequently discovers who the other is, the sparks begin to fly. Aliss' Harding plays the wife in danger of losing her husband, and Aliss Loy has the role of "the other woman.” Frank Alorgan is the husband, while Alontgomery plays the: wily young newspaper man- who, m an endeavour to show Aliss Loy the futility of her' hold on a married man, brings the .trio together at the country home of Alice Brady where the complications come to a •brilliantly- dramatic turn. . The settings in "When Ladies Aleet” range from a millionaire’s boathouse on the Hudson river" t 6 a rambling and picturesque remodelled farm in Connecticut. - , ~ KOSY THEATRE—TO-DAY “BUNKER BEAN” An inferiority complex may sound more like tragedy than comedy, but it is definitely a laughing matter—when treated as it is in the KKO-Radio piceure, "Bunker Bean," which is based on Harry Leon Wilson's famous satirical novel, "Bunker Bean.” Bunker, portrayed b.v Owen Davis junr.; possesses a most extraordinary inferiority complex, being a meek secretary who is imposed upon by the boss! and office boy alike. The fireworks that ensue when his attitude changes from that to one of command, under influence of the belief that he is tho reincarnation _ of ancient rulers—his escapades in changing from a shy lad mortally afraid of women to a dashing lover, from a quaking clerk to a business giant—fashion one of America’s most popular works of romantic comedy. Testifying to that is not merely the recention of the novel, which is by‘the same a'uthor as that of the fam-, our "Ruggles of Red Gap” and "Alerton of the Movies,” but also the laughter that kept Lee Wilson Dodd’s play, "His Majesty, Bunker Bean,” based on the hovel on Broadway for many weeks., Louise Latimer is co-featured, as the; young lady who learned the meaning of, exciting and impetuous romance when) Bunker fancies himself a Napoleon. Robert AlcWade, Jessie Ralph. Hedda Hopper, Berton Churchill, Lucille Ball, Russell Hicks and thers fill prominent roles. Edward Killy and William Hamilton codirected. I "Blackmailer.” 1 A gay party—an uninvited guest—the gleam pf a .eats-eye ring in tho dark—a killer "strikes—a man is dead! A blackmailer’s- debt—cancelled with murder? Whose hand struck first? Which of the | eight Puspects Is guilty—when every one Sights credit for the crime? These are thp‘jt>.affllng questions ■ posed in Colum-pipls'-Spxciting murder-mystery ineloidrarhsf;' 4 “Blackmailer,” featuring William Garffah, Florence Rice and H. 3. Warner, which is showing to-day at the Kosy Theatre. It is baffling mystery indeed—for not ohe .'of; them could, have written “paid in full” : with the blackmailer’s blood!. Here is the year’s clue-less crime' —solved by a man whose only reward was a woman’s love! •_'• . • • MAYFAIR THEATRE—TO-DAY W;, . . "THE CRIMSON CIRCLE” When a new film star arises and gives a brilliant performance that is hailed as !a great cinematic event, it is an’occasion | when all keen picturegoers want to be I present. Such an occasion will occur When Associated Distributors release Edgar Wallace’s most famous mystery 1

thriller, "The Crimson Circle,” at the Alayfair Theatre to-morrow. Brown-eyed June Duprez is the star in question, and she has the feminine lead in this, her third appearance before the cameras, j Though only. 17 years old, her outstanding acting ability has earned her an important position in the British Star Ledger, and the present big demand for her services in British studios indicates a brilliant future for her on the screen. Perhaps her success is not altogether surprising, for acting is in her blood—she is the daughter of Fred Duprez, the famous comedian. Though her greatest success has come to her on the screen, June Duprez first of all studied music. She is actually an accomplished i musician,’ and. has given recitals at the ,Wigmore Hall. Her father, as a matter 'of fact, was strongly against her giving up her musical career as she did when she joined the Coventry Repertory Company. A small part in the film production, of "The Amateur Gentleman” followed her stage work, the result of which earned for her an Important role in “The Crimson Circle”—an opportunity of which she has made brilliant use. Now, 9ven her father has-to admit that June did the right thing when she took up stage and screen work as a career! “The Crimson Circle” is a hurricane of wild sensation brimful of thrills, culled from the mind of the "Master Thinker" Edgar Wallace. Others who play important roles in the century’s greatest thriller are Hugh Wakefield, Noah Beery, Alfred Drayton and Niall MacGinnis.