Entertainments

Manawatu Times, Volume 62, Issue 81, 7 April 1937, Page 7

Entertainments

REGENT THEATRE. ‘‘MRS WIGGS” OP CABBAGE PATCH FAME, SCHEDULED. To-night Is the last night of “This’ll Make you Whistle,” the Jack Buchanan hit at the Regent Theatre. Commencing to-morow is the story of! one of the most loveable characters In ] literature—“ Mrs Wiggs of the Cabbage, Patch.” Featuring W. C. Fields, Zasu I Pitts, Pauline Lord and a host of others, this fine film tells how in their patch-work] shack on the “wrong side” of the railroad tracks, Mrs Wiggs and her five children, Billy, Australia, Asia, Europeno. Jimmy, and the dog, Klondike, are getting a double Thanksgiving Day thrill. First, Billy adopts a worn-out old work-horse, which an itinerant dealer has given up for useless, and the whole family, Mrs Wiggs in the lead, turns out to save tho animal. Secondly, while the Wiggses are preparing to give thanks for a meagre meal, Miss Lucy, from one of the “big houses” brings them a real Thanksgiving Day feast. The Wiggses are truly happy, the only cloud on their horizon being the absence of Mr Wiggs who, five years ago, took a long journey, and has never been heard of since. The Wiggses invite their neighbour, Miss Hazy. Miss Lucy’s troubles are introduced into the Wiggs’ home by a visit from Bob Redding, young newspaper editor and Miss Lucy’s fiance. Lucy and Bob are in the midst of a lover’s quarrel, but Bob, on his visit, notices Jimmy’s bad cough and makes arrangements to have him sent to the hospital for treatment. With the horse. Cuby, Billy Wiggs, the mam support of the Wiggs family, peddles kindling wood and works up quite a business. Tne most successful deal he has ever put across results in the trading of a load of wood for five tickets to a show. During the performance, while the Wiggses are having an hilarious time, Mrs Wiggs is called to the hospital. She is just in time to be witli Jimmy when he dies. But even this sad blow cannot quell the Wiggs family. Mrs Wiggs sets out to secure a husband for Miss Hazy and Mr Stubbins is brought into the circle of the Wiggs friends. Suddenly, out or nowhere, appeal's Air Wiggs. himself, the same meek, silent, thoughtful man, just as seedy-looklng as ever, dressed in a hand-me-down suit. KOSY—NOW SHOWING. “DIAMOND JIM’S SLOGAN BROUGHT HIAI WEALTH. “To make money—you’ve got to look like money!” This phuosopny, propeny carried out, will make millions for you, judging from the career of James Buchanan Brady, the greatest salesman that ever lived, whose lue has been pictunseu by Universal m “Diamond Jim,” starring 1 Ldwaxd Arnold, at the Kosy Theatre. Brady, told this by a Jewish pawnbroker early m me, remembered it always, and during the course of his career, made approximately X 4,uou,OUu, won the love oi oeautiiui women, tne friendship of tuousanus, and tne respect of millions. He got His first job from A. E. Moore by wearing a borrowed frock coat, silk hat, and diamond ring. it was tne foundation of lus fortune. Brady, sou of a sa-loon-keeper, never drank—but once, -tie gambled very little, ne dressed well. He wore jewels wfiicfi cost him in the aggregate A; 500,000. Clear-heaued. brignt-eyed, lauitless in attire, he won tne respect aim regard of ah those witn whom ne associated. ••There's Always To-morrow.” One of uie most wholesome and enjoyable domestic plays ever screened will snow for the in'st time at the Kosy Theatre to-day, wnen universal’s “There s Always To-morrow” opens its engagement. In addition to featuring r rank Morgan, the picture is important in tnat it brings Binnio Barnes, celebrated British star, to American audiences. The picture deserves particular commendation uocause of its wnolesomeness and light comedy, appealing to ail family members. With Mr Morgan as the lather, Lois Vviison as the mother, and Miss Barnes as tne “other” woman, “Tnere’s Always To-morrow” is at times humorous in its situations and semi-tragic at others. The live children of the household discover Morgan s interest in Miss Barnes and then- lather from the girl they believe to be a vamp provide some of the most rollicking scenes the screen has revealed lor a long time. The picture introduces, besides Miss Barnes, Louise Latimer in her first picture since leaving the Broadway stage, Elizabeth Young who attained distinction with Garbo in “Queen Christina,” Dick Winslow and Helen Farrisn, two of the children of “Seed,” Alan Hale. Alaurice Murphy, Robert Taylor and Margaret Hamilton. The work of each is of Stellar quality.

j STATE-TO-DAY. j “KENTUCKY AIINSTRELS.” I “A Cavalcade of Minstrelsy” is an excellent summing-up of tne brilliant production, “Kentucky Minstrels,” which I opens at the State Theatre to-day on au exceptional double leature programme. A wonderful cast of stars famous on Ur radio, stage and screen, have been lined up in this British Dominions release, among them being Scott and Whaley, two of the most popular comedians “on the air” to-day, Nina Alae McKinney, one of the stage's most dynamic personalities, Debroy Somers and his band, whose gramophone recordings sell in their thousands, Harry S. Pepper and C. Denier Warren, household names in every home with a radio set, Terence Casey, Polly Ward. FJdg;ir Driver, Leo Sheffield, Wilson Coleman, April Vivian and many others. Tho story concerns two minstrels, Mott and Bayley, who, in the ’ good old days” were bright particular stars. They find, however, that the days of the minstrel shows aro rapidly vanishing, and encounter many trials and vicissitudes before they are engaged to star iti a revived minstrel show In an up-to-dato modern setting, and return once more to prosperity. “Kentucky Minstrels” contains something for every film fan. The older generation will delight in the earlier sequences depicting the London of prewar days; tho modern will find their greatest pleasure in the spectacular concluding scenes in which Nina Mao AlcKinney and Debroy Somers and his band are featured, in addition to Scott and Whaley and the Eight Black Streaks; and the children will enjoy to the full the seaside scenes when Alott and Bayley go ‘busking’ on the sands. The picture that satisfies all tastes in this way has every right to be termed “grand screen entertainment.” “Wanted: Jane Turner.” Relentless warfare by postal inspectors against mail bandits and racketeers is dramatically pictured in the new action photoplay, “Wanted: Jane Turner,” the associate attraction on the State’s big double-feature, programme, co-featuring Lee Tracy and Gloria Stuart. Tracy, as one of the most doring agents in the post office, a dynamic, smooth-tongued operator with the sometimes confusing, sometimes helpful co-operation of the lovely Gloria Stuart, is dispatched to capture, dead or alive, Phil Crowley, chief of a gang of desperadoes. Tracing Crowley to Los Angeles, Tracy and Gloria hop to the coast overnight. Through clever intrigue and intricate plans, Gromley is attracted to Alisa Stuart’s apartment where she and Tracy aro imperilled in the killer’s last stand. A cast of screen, stage and radio favourites supports Tracy and Gloria Stuart in “Wanted: Jane Turner.” MAYFAIR THEATRE“HERE COMES CARTER!” The tongue is mightier than the bullet in a battle between a radio scandalmonger and gunmen in the hew First National picture, “Her© Comes Carter!” which is scheduled as a feature attraction at the Alayfair Theatre The picture is said to be a melodramatic thriller punctuated by rollicking comedy and snappy dialogue. Tne action is fast with cumulating suspense that is maintained to its smashing climax. Ross Alexander appears first as a press agent for a movie company but is discharged because ho refuses to resort to bribery to get an actor whom he despises out of one of his many disgraceful scrapes. Knowing the picture business and its characters thoroughly, he gets a job as a radio commentator, dishing up scandal on tho -.tars, especially anything concerning tho screen player who caused his dismissal. This leads him into trouble with the gangster friends of the actor, who threaten him with speedy extinction if he broadcasts certain items they think best left unsaid. His refusal to “1 -v off” lands him in a serious predicament. But th© police appear in a dramatic gun battle—which unknowingly is broadcast over the mike—the mobster’s hand is wiped out. Alexander has two leading ladies in the film. Glenda Farrell, his wise-cracking secretary, and Anne Nagel, a radio singer whose career he is responsible for. Craig Reynolds plays the part of the supercilious arid crooked movie star. Rounding out a nicely balanced cast are Hobart Cavanaugh, Norman Willis, George E. Stone , John Shennan and Charles Foy. The picture was directed by William Clemens from the screen play by Roy Chanslor. “Through tho Courtesy of Love,” and “You On My Alind,” which are sung by Anne Nagel in the picture, aro by Af. K. Jerome and Jack SchoCk