ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 30 May 1930, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE: “FROZEN JUSTICE” i

Lenore Ulric, the celebrated Belasco, scores an emphatic hit in “Frozen Justice” which was screened at the Regent last night. She plays a half-caste Alaskan belle, and an exotic voluptuous beauty with a tempestuous fire and. ice nature. “Frozen Justice” is a skilfully contrived melodrama which has its most important action amid the roaring cafes and dance halls of the Yukon when the great gold rush was in, full swing. Bizarre adventurers who came to it from all corners of the globe also supply colour to this picture. As “Talu” little star of the north, Miss Ulric brings not only a wealth of; dramatic talent to the screen but proves herself to possess a very charming lyrical voice with her song “The Right [King of Man.” Louis Wolheim gives an excellent portrayal of a “hard boiled bruiser” with the proverbial heart of gold, and Ullrich Haupt is a villiari par excellence. “Frozen . Justice” will be screened again to-night.

CONRAD NAGEL IN “13th CHAIR"

Conrad Nagel and Leila Hyams, are the romantic centre of “The 13th Chair,” Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s alltalking filmisation of the celebrated stage play, to be shown at the Regent Theatre on Saturday and Monday next. Tod Browning directed the new thriller, a .mystery drama of Calcutta, with Margaret Wycherley in the role she created on the stage, that of the strange spirit medium. The picture combines in a romance with a series of uncanny scenes revealing the'hoaxes practised by mediums and spiritiialis.ts. India is used as atmosphere for the mystery and eerie shadows. One of the dramatic scenes takes place in ]the home of the British governor in Calcutta at midnight when a knife thrown into the ceiling is revealed by the mooplight shining into the room. . A capable cast includes Mary Forbes, Bela Lugosi, Helene Millard, Holine? Herbert, Cyril Chadwick, Frank Leigh and others.

MAJESTIC THEATRE: “MASQUERADE” Romance and adventure seldom achieve so pleasing, a mixture in talking pictures as they do in “Masquerade,” the all-talking Fox Movietone picture which commences at the Majestic Theatre this evening. Adapted -with' surprising fidelity from Louis Joseph Vance’s best-seller “The Brass Bowl,” this entertaining screen play explains why the book is still in demand. The delightful mix-up between a millionaire bachelor and a notorious crook who might be his twin brother, and the complications injected by a charming girl, all afford unusual pleasure to the audience. One wonders at the adroitness of Alan Birmingham' in his difficult dual role of the millionaire and the burglar. The actor’s ability to maintain the resemblance I '” t to change entirely his voice and mannerisms to suit the divergence in impersonations, is, technically, one of the most interesting spectacles seen in a long time. Leila Hyams is convincing in the role of the girl who endeavoui a to save her father from the penitentiary. Clyde Cook, Farrell Macdonald and Arnold Lucy enact important supporting roles with excellent results. A special attraction on to-night’s programme will be the sound film of the Melbourne Cup, in which the entire race, culminating in Nightmarch’s great victory, is seen and heard. A big matinee will be held to-morrow, when the sixth episode of “The Mystery Rider” will he included on the bill.