Palmerston Picture Programmes

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 4, 6 January 1937, Page 12

Palmerston Picture Programmes

REGENT THEATRE—TO-DAY ••MY MAN GODFREY” To-day Palmerston North will have its seasons, ‘ .uy amii Uouirey,^ which is Lu tendeu-season anracuoiis. taouirey lust nnived'into* nonywooa vvntn isrie Jnatcu | piay. uregory i_ai Cava uegon to uirett nie maucap romantic coratuj, encouraging tne players to romp anu maive merry on tne set an tne Lane, and tne hilarity uuboied over into tne aiming 01 tne picgotten man, ' anus Gouney (William loweu). rxe spins ner oacii\.ara into an asn neap anu spons ner evening—as wen as ner evening gown. Caroie i_.oinbaru, portraying tne ’ uumbest uebutunte in arannattan," takes uouirey to tne swanky uan anu wins nrst prn-e lor oringing nan ai. alien sue appoints him the laniny o tiller, uouirey nnus nausea buttling unu uattiaig in the goofiest nousenoiu m America, -aotner nas a parlour aruusefiue lauy oi tne House oy linitatleaping anu bounding iroin monteipiece to cnanUeiier, swinging^ai uoUirey carries her upstairs, using tne nremans nit, anu puts ner unUer tne snower, clotues anu an. The cuto litue ueuutante laas in love with Uodirey, wan is to marry him, anu won't “*\o ' for an answer, -but he oeaeves m personal liuerty. Tne otner sister is stin angry wiln Cioulrey ror pushing her into the ash heap, tohe plants a pearl necklace ai tne outlet-s loom, anu tnen calls me police, but wneu a tliorougn seaicn is maUe tne pearls are gone. Tne uebutame corners uouirey at every turn, teiling lim , llt> uas to love Her, but he is cooler than all icicle on Aumirai Byrd^s young tiling nas tne wrong wavelengthi’ a uier's wall direct boom stocks go noom anU mother's cheques are greeleu as strangers at uie bang, bhe threatens to suti congress lor ureacii of promise because ttiey went utt tlte gold standard, ruuirey saves tlie linancial situation, anu men scoots off, trying to save hunseli Horn the dizzy Uaugnter. nut she gets him "on the spot" at last. KOSY THEATRE—TO-DAY "THE ARIZONA RAIDERS” An odd story twist in which a girl rancu owner is lorced to steal her own nerd of valuable norses in oruer to st *- ve them irom a band of rustlers is one of the unique matures of the punch-tilled Zane lirey picture, "Tne Arizona iiaiuers, a Paramount picturo Which opens to-day at Uie Kosy Tlieati - e. Barry Craboe .and marsna jaunt nave leauuig loies m the Western tnriller, Crabbe appearing as a uarU-iiauig, straight-snooting auven- ” miss''^oi^a A nurse ranch. Tne story opens about to be hanged tor horsetiiett aithougli lie protests iiis innocence. rules away, anu eiuues the uosse following him, by leaping into a river. Shortly alter lie comes on aiiotnei lynching parly, .muut to naug Pay mo,.a llatton. lie iiolus up the crowd. ciLecls Hattons release and Uie two ride across the State line to Arizona together. Here, through developments of a last-moving plot, they become employed on the Hunt ranch, and, soon learn mat rustlers are planning to steal the girl’s herd, crabbe and Hatton prevent the theft and at the same Lime bring about a happy ending to two romances; Crabbe s love artair with Miss Hunt and the romance of Miss Hunt s sister, Jane Rhodes, and Johnny Downs. Two stampedes, a running gun-battle with the rustlers, and ranch episodes of horse-stealing and gunplay keep things popping from start to finish. "Yours for the Asking.” Reginald Owen, motion picture veteran who has been consistently popular since his entry into the movies in 1922, appears in an important featured role in the Paramount picture, "Yours for the Asking,” starring George Raft-Dolores Costello Barrymore, coming to the Kosy : Theatre to-day. Owen, cast as a broadwalk salesman of miniature pictures,

poses as an impoverished member of an old, aristocratic family in order to aid Ida Bupino in a plot to win Raft. With James Gleason. Bynne Overman. Richard "Skeets” Gallagher and Edgar Kennedy, he provides much of the story’s comedy. "Yours for the Asking” offers George Raft in the type of role which made him famous; .that of an ice-nerved "hardguy” concealing hi 3 iron hand in a velvet' glove-

STATE THEATRE "WALKING ON AIR” When two ingenious college boys find themselves with nothing between them and starvation but a dry unappetising piece of sheepskin, the fun starts in the film "Walking On Air,” starring Gene Raymond and Ann Sothern, which screens to-day' at the State Theatre. The zestful RKO Radio offering presents Miss Sothern as a beautiful spoiled heiress who employs Raymond, playing an Impecunious college graduate, to pose as an obnoxious French count and a suitor for her hand. Supposedly he will so insult her father, who opposes the man of her choice, that suitor will look like a fine •choice by comparison. Things are further complicated by the fact that the boy’s college chum is simultaneously hired by the father of the girl to act as a bodyguard to keep her irom eloping. The production maintains a rapid pace, with countless moments of mud mix-ups and insane escapades to stir the risibilities of any picture-goer. A highlight is an episode in which Gene interrupt a broadcast, over which he is singing, to appeal to the girl, who is on the way to elope with his rival, while his beefy college pal •‘holds that line” against ail the radio station attendants. “Walking On Air” is further enlivened by the three songs from the pens of Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby and Sid Silvers. "Cabin on the Hilltop,” "My Heart Wants to Dance” and "Bet’s Make a Wish" give Raymond and Miss Sothern excellent chances to use their voices to advantage. Henry Stephenson, as Miss Sothern s iron-willed father, plays his role to the hilt. And the same can be said for Jessie Ralph, who gives her role of the girl’s aunt a wealth of rich Ralph humour. Gordon Jones, as Raymond’s friend blessed with more brawn than brains, demonstrates that he is one of the screen's rapidly' rising young character actors. Rounding out the cast are Alan Curtis, George Meeker, Maxine Jennings and Anita Colby. Jostpli Santley capably directed from the excellent screen play by Bert Kalman, Harry Ruby, Viola Brothers and Rian James. Edward Kaufman produced. MAYFAIR THEATRE. "DOWN THE STRETCH” "Down the Stretch,” First National’s thrilling romance of the race Backs, has been booked as the feature attraction at the Mayfair Theatre, beginning today, witn Mickey Rooney, Patricia Elns ana Dennis Moore in tho leading roles. Miss Ellis, as owner of famous Kentucky stables, visits night court with her nusband tDennis Moore) when Snapper Sinclair, a boy she recognises as having been a jockey for her lather, is about to be sent up tor vagrancy. She has Snapper paroied to her and sends him to her stables. Snapper Sinclair is played by Mickey Rooney. The manager of the stables objects to taking Snapper in because of iiis father’s bad reputation—but when he rides an unmanageable horse to victory he accepts him. He wins race after race afterwards, until he is framed and suspended. Snapper is brokenUeurted, but gets a chance to go to England. where he is finally chosen to ride the Maliarajan s nag lor the gold cup at Ascot. He discovers that his boss has lost ail her horses but one, Faithful, which she has entered for the gold cup. Snapper has the race cinched with Faithful running third, when he fouls te second horse to let Faithful go under the wire first. For this lie is disbarred from the English tracks, but is iiappy when Miss Ellis visits him at the Hospital, where he is recuperating. She tells him she is taking him back to the U.S.A. others in the cast are Virginia. Brissac, Gordon Hart, Gordon Eiiiott, Joseph Crehan, Mary Treen, Edward Keane, Raymond Brown. Andre Beranger, Bob Tansill. T rank Fay-r len and Robert Emmett Keane. William Clemens directed the picture from the original story and screen play by William Jacobs.