ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 13 August 1932, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

“TOUCHDOWN,” REGENT TO-NIGHT Peggy Shannon, auburn-haired beauty who made good in the films when she was pressed into service ns Clara Bow’s substitute in “The Secret Call,” has the principal feminine lead in “Touchdown !” Paramount’s exciting modern story of big college football, which screens at the Regent Theatre tonight. In this she is the sweetheart of Richard Arlen again. This time Arlen is the coach for Midwest, a large college, where football is played on a big scale in sportsgrounds that bold thousands of persons. Peggy’s brother, played by Charles Starrett, is a member of tho Midwest team—and the big interest conies when Arlen refrains from putting Starrett into tho final gamo of the season to save him from permanent injury. Peggy is much aggrieved and decides to throw over Arlen, But their difficulties are solved in a romantic ending. "UP FOR THE CUP”, MAJESTIC TO-NIGHT Fun will certainly be the order of the day once more at the Majestic Theatre to-night where the British Dominions super-comedy production, “Up For The Cup,” is holding sway. Starring the “frozen-faced” comedian of the English talking picture screen, Sydney Howard, this is a positive riot from beginning to end—good, wholesome fun. The comical antics of Sydney Howard as the Yorkshireman who journeys up to London with his lady-love to view tho celebrated Cup Final is uproarious, and his is a characterisation that will be much appreciated. Cast in an altogether different role from those in which wo havo been accustomed to seeing him, this production certainly gives Howard plenty of scope to add more, laurels to his crown. Laughs come thick and fast and when you are not chuckling, you are thrilling at a superlative display of football by Eifgland’s premier teams of 1932. Excellent- supports complete a fine show.