Palmerston Picture Programmes

Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 288, 5 December 1936, Page 8

Palmerston Picture Programmes

THE REGENT TO-DAY. Jean Harlow, at one time in her career, expressed tile rear tnat slie Had Been lypeu. she was Ule "platinum oloiiue" and it was Her conviction uiat wuen ner nair was snow wane with uie years sne would sad oo remembered as uie platinum moiiue. AUss nanow appears now m "isuzy," which opens at me r.egeiK xneauo to-morrow and ner rears am uispeueu. ner nair is mo spun-noney tone mat is ner own anu uie roie sne piays is Homing' iiiio any mat nas gone 0e.0.e. >viui i’lancnot .loiio and ua.y urant as ,var time aviators, uoui oi wiiom, mciaontly, sue marnes, jnss ■ nanow p.ays me part ui an American eiiorus gin who is stranded in Donuon just ueiore uie Win ureaiis ouu 'me two marriages present. „ prooiem which ueiiuenuy anorus conjecture among v.oiue.*, me gin marnes rile nrst, man anu iu me mangue or prewar uays ne is mysceriousiy snot u.moi eucUinsraHceS Wincu inuicare Her gnrrr. oeiieViiig min to ue deau, uie tenrrieu gin runs away to r airs, and mere, arrer a respectaoie lapse or tmie, rtuunrto. Her secunu ndsuanU, also a colnuar pnor, is uinaniirUi ana sne rs correoponumg,j nmiappy. 'men tile nrst man reappears, r'ne gui learns Horn iiriii tnat spros snui nun mid uiul Her present nusour.u is involved Will! mein, mgeuier, me pan’ go lo warn inni, nut they are too iare. me spies au’eaujr nave irrneu mill, loarmg tnat He Win ten Wluic ne rriinws. me manor is aujusieu e»ehiuali\, in a lour oi spectacular ma, not oiny ounes tne UiiiaiunUi uUSpunu Vnul Honours, bur bruiftjS Lrie original lovers to--oemcr m lasrrng ‘peHce. nnsS D.n'ioW is superb and mo supporting players am ur a uiy sausiuerory.. me picture nas been cieverly aireettu oy ueorge mtziuaunce. Tnere is an excenem. supporting programme winch comprises, a cartoon, news anu a Pete smiln noveity entitled "Bare Deviltry'.’' Box plans are now open at uoinnsou and Gumunghame’s. KOSY THEATRE TO-DAY. "BOUEDER. DAM” "Boulder Dam,” a Warner Bros, production neralueu as a drama ot uirimng acriun, Heroic ueeus and glamorous romance, is scneuuleu as Llie reature aruaction ar me rvosy Theatre tu-day. Xne picture is based on Don. At. Tempmi y story o£ the nuilding ot this migmy project, and the lives ot me uareaevrl wontmen who uluslcu tneir way uiruugn solid rock and scaieu the walls hunureus ot test amove tne river is painted m me picture m eoiounui detail. Death taceu Lhese dynamic workers at every turn, aim many oi meir deeus ot heroism, depicteu iu mis linn will go uowu in me History oi this great anuertaxing. The picture is ennveueu oy song nunmers written by Uie lanious team ol Atort Dixon and Aide Wruuei and sung by t-alricia Ellis. Ross Alexander portrays a stunting, disgruntled mechanic m a-mid-West garage, in a fist figfit with his boss, the latter is killed by a tall, and tne mechanic Hees. rle ianus at Das Vegas, where the dam was being built. In a dance hall ana eaie he is about' to be ejected as a tramp when Patricia Ellis, in tne role ot a singei at the club, intervenes, buys him lood and Lakes him to her home where he is welcomed by her kindly lather..Tne mechanic goes io wont and saves the lives oi many ot his fellows at the risk ot his own. Ryle Talbot, iu the "heavy” role, is in love with the girl and also knows of his successiul rival's past. He gives Ross Zi hours to quit the town, but on that last day an incident occurs which changes the whole aspect of the situation and brings the picture to-a close in a smashing climax. There is a strong supporting cast which includes Eddie Acuff, Henry O Neill, Egon Brecher, Eleanor VVesselhoeft, Joseph Orehan, Olin Howland, William Pawley, Ronnie Corby and George Breakston.

"Fighting Shadows.” In New York he played in many a drawing room drama on the stage appearing opposite Broadway stars; now he' is in Hollywood transformed'into, a harariding. Western cowboy. That is the story ot Robert Allen, Dartmouth College man, who went to Hollywood via the New York stage. A casting director, William Perlberg, saw in Allen the making of a Western hero, because he could ■ ride, shoot, and use his fists to good advantage, having been. a boxer in college. Handsome, having been chosen by many artists, Allen has a trank manner and versality which may mean he will be Hollywood’s newest Western hero. He is

STATE THEATRE TO-DAY. "SWING. TIME,” NEW ASTAIREROGERS MUSICAL,. With New-York as its principal setting ana a distinctive uouuie-triangle type oi tnenie, Fred Astaire and Ginger jaegers liiuouuce a wealtn 01 novelty in uien newest RKU Radio vemcie, "awing Time, at Uie ScaLe Theatre. unmve their lorruer ouerings, me new picture lias an intricaie-iy romantic story,-wun ooth stars pursumg me course or true love llirougn tno oosiacies oitereu hy a pair oi rivals. Astaire is a ciieerfm gambler, evening ms jortune in jvlanuanan so lie can 'go bacic to his home town anu marry nis ciiuunoou sweetheart, .uiss Rogers is a dancing academy instructress who takes Astaire as a pupa, despite me glowering ot an orchestra leauer who intends to marry the luscious iauy. Complications come tnicK ana last, especially wnen Astaire s uancee shows up to liiid out what lie's doing, anu tile band leauer makes irantie enorts to ureal, up tne growing romance between Astaire and miss Rogers. An this is interwoven wiLh some oi the catchiest song numbers and dances me ramous pair nave yeL presented, and me hilarious counterplay oi a new screen comeuy team in mo persons oi Victor Moore and Helen Jbrodericit, a combination tnai gives "Swing Time" top honours ill originality and entertainment value. Jeromo A.eru aim Lmrotny l'ields wrote the music and lyrics ot the ".Swing Time" numbers, respectively. Six songs, "The Way lou Rook To-night,” "A bine Romance, ’ "Rick Yourself up," the electrifying “hot" "Rojangles of Harlem," "Never Gonna Dance," and a unique dance tune, "The Waltz in Swing Time," ary included in what is easily the greatest of the Astaire-Rogers pictures. As record bookings have been pouring in to the State Theatre since the hrst announcement ot the opening of the plans, patrons who have not yet reserved are aavised to do so without delay. MAYFAIR THEATRE TO-DAY. "ACCUSED” IS MYSTERY WITH PARISIAN BACKGROUND "Accused" is the second picture to be produced by tne new Criterion Company tollowing their successful film, “The Amateur Gentleman.” The stars are Dolores Dei Rio ana Rouglas .Fairbanks, junr., who have the support of Florence Desmond and Basil Sydney. "Accused” is a murder mystery drama set in scintillating Parisian atmosphere. This screen play is strengthened with versatile byplay and a tender marital sentiment that keep the entertainment very mucli alive until the stage is set for a most impressive culminating court scene in which the accused is being tried for murder. Drama, stark and powerful, rides to terrific heights, ill this climax in which it is impossible not to bo thrilled or to stem the tide ot emotion the scene produces. Gaby, played by Dolores Dei Rio. and Tony, played by Douglas Fairbanks, junr., husband and wife in a dance set, are booked to appear in a revue at the Alhambra Theatre, Paris, by Morel, a famous impresario. Yvette Delange, the leading lady. Morel’s mistress, falls for Tony, but when he rejects her advances she deliberately ruins their act during rehearsals. Morel implores Tony to play up to Yvette for the sake of the good will of the erapany as a whle, and he reluctantly agrees to visit her flat. His decision provokes the jealousy of Gaby, and she threatens to kill Yvette. On leaving the theatre Tony directs a shabbily-dressed man to Yvette’s dressing room and then makes for her apartment. She does not turn up, however, and later it is announced that she has been murdered. Gaby is arrested, and Tony hunts feverishly for the shabby man, the only person whose testimony is likely to save her. Just as Gaby's trial is about to draw to a painful conclusion he is found, and his evidence enables Goby’s counsel to reconstruct the crime swiftly and denounce the real murderer. Gaby is released and all ends well. The preliminaries in the film are devoted to musical spectacle. The actual crime is perpetrated In circumstances that keep one guessing, and the mystery is carefully preserved in an atmosphere of tense suspense until the conclusion of the spectacular court sesuence.

to be seen with Tim McCoy in "Fighting Shadows," which comes to the Kosy Theatre to-morrow. .