ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 21 April 1934, Page 11

ENTERTAINMENTS

iOM WALLS AND RALPH LYNN IN “THARK,” MAJESTIC, TO-NIGHT

Those who see ‘Thark,” the new British and Dominions farce starring Ralph Lynn and Tom Walls, and introducing once more the famous Aldwych team, will be struck by the spontaneity of its humour, and readily agree that this is the most hilarious Walls-Lynn comedy ever shown. It screens to-night at the Majestic Theatre. Nowhere is tin's more marked than in the remarkably funny climax, when Ralph and Tom, in bed together in the “haunted” room, reach such a pitch of nervous tension that every noise and every movement is translated by them into the evidence of a ghost. The fast straw is added when the branch of a tree blows in through the window at the side of the bed with an awful clatter, bringing plaster down j with it and sweeping its leaves across the feet of the dozing sleepers. So, with the whole room apparently falling to pieces around them, the two heroes, who have hitherto saved their faces and dissembled their fear by various pretexts, start up convulsively in bed, Ralph shouting, “Police! fire' murder 1 ” and Tom making choking noises at the top of liis voice. Then, in awkward haste, Ralph dives out of bed his side for the electric light switch, while Tom leaps out his side for the monstrous "Fowling piece” with which h e has prepared to meet the spectre.

"ADORABLE,” REGENT THEATRE, TO=NIGHT

Heralded as one of the outstanding motion pictures of all time, “Adorable,” the new Fox production, starring Janet Gaynor and llenry Garat, opens to-day at the Regent Theatre. It is the first American film to claim the talenLs of the iamous international star, and the fact that lie is co-starred with Miss Gaynor promises something of the unusual in screen entertainment. The story calls for extreme capabilities in acting, singing and the dance. In her quest of the handsome soldier of the guard, Miss Gaynor reveals talents hitherto not eredited to her. This is Garat’s first appearanco in a domestic production destined principally for European audiences. The supporting cast is headed by C. Aubrey Smith, veteran character actor, and Herbert Mundin, one of the leading comics of the screen. An important feature of “Adorable” is the musical background and accompaniment. The music is by Werner Richard Heymann, with additional songs and lyrics by Richard A. Whiting and George Marion, Jr.