ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIX, 27 January 1936, Page 6

ENTERTAINMENTS

“LADY TUBBS”, FINALLY TONIGHT Rated as one of the best comedy entertainments in recent months, Lady Tubbs” which is at present occupying the Majestic screen will conclude its season to-night. Starting to-morrow at the inalmee, “One Hour Late” is an entertaining blend of comedy and drama. Joe Morrison, famous radio tenor, appeal? opposite Helen f l welvtArces. wliojs at pitsent engaged in making “Thorougnbred” for Cinesound in Australia. Moi'-l-ison is cast as a young sclerk who want's to marry the girl bf his dreams, but she puts him off while her employer, the victim of unrequited love, tries to' find companionship, and Ims wife tries to find freedom. Then in one dramatic hour, the lives, the loves ai plans of these unusual people are changed completely How this is brought about is entertainingly told m a dramatic finale- ~ Great interest is already being manifested in the approaching season oi “Broadway Melody of 1936” tor which preliminary booking plans are now open for ‘the gala performances next Friday Enchanting music, spectacular dancing routines set in backgrounds of unprecedented splendour, a pageant of famous entertainers and an intriguing storv combine to make Broadway Melody of 1936” Hollywood’s most ambitious musical extravaganza of the past year.

regent, commencing to=mor ROW: “THE MURDER MAN”

Gene Stratton-Porter gave the world as her parting gift, “The Keeper of the Bees,” another nature story rich in lore of honeybees and flowers; such a story as only Gene Stratton-Poitei could write, and having its final presentation to-night. With her marvellous Capacity for description she pictures a lovely cottage with a garden of most beautiful flowers, while in the rear, down towards the gentle Pacific, are hives and hives of bees. Upon this inviting scene comes James MaeFarlam*, a war-worn veteran of the World War, who lias been given btit a short time to live by doctors of a Government hospital. The four stars, Betty Fulness, Emma Dunn, Edith Fellowes. and Neil Hamilton play their parts sympathetically and yet without allowing the picture to become sentimental —and this is unite ail achievement with a Strattoii-Portcr story. Those who have read the hook know the rest of the story; hut it can lie exciting for those, who'have ybt to find out what happened next. They will be kept interested to the end by the cast of stars and supporters among whom are Hobart Bosworth, Marion Shilling, and James Burtis. Spencer Tracy, always a powerful figilre on the screen, is at his best in “The Murder Man,” vivid new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature which opens at tlie Regent to-morrow. With him appears Virginia Bruce, whose loveliness is almost overlooked in the emotional depth of her performance. The stars share honours in a swift, dramatic story of the “behind the scenes” adventures of newspapermen in New York. In many ways the tale is unique, for it rips aside the veil of secrecy which surrounds metropolitan newsrooms when a "big story” is breaking. Patrons are reminded' that matinees are held on Saturdays, Wednesdays and Fridays only unless specially -advertised otherwise. This allows for a matinee for every change of programme. THEATRE ROYaT, TO-NIGHT: “f.AY DIVORCEE,” ROYAL CONCERT ORCHESTRA Guy Holden (Fred Astaire), an American dancer, after a whirl among the cafes of Paris, is returning to

London with his close friend Egbert Fitzgerald (Edward Everett Horton), a young English barrister. Quite by accident on the journey to England, he encounters a charming American girl who is with her aunt, a friend of Egbert. He endeavours in vain to learn her name. This is the beginning of a high speed romance. In London Guy actually encounters the mysterious girl Mimi (Ginger Rogers). Guy falls in love with her but she snubs him and lie does not even learn her last name. A half-dozen times Guy sees Mimi, only to be rebuffed and eluded, even when he proposes to her on a country lane. What complicates the pursuit is that Egbert knows Mlmi and could have arranged a proper introduction. Egbert has been retained by Mimi, through her aunt, the flighty Mrs Glossop (Alice Brady), to cause a diplomatic break between Mimi and one Rupert to whom Mimi lias pledged herself. The only method of which the stupid Egbert can think is to make Rupert jealous by hiring one, Tonetti (Erik Rhodes), a gigolo, to stage a tryst with Mimi at a beach hotel. All this is unknown to Guy, who, however encounters tli'e girl in the ballroom of the hotel, where she falls in love with him, and causes her to hope doubly for the success of her plot to discourage Rupert. Just then she conceives that Guy is really the hire gigolo, a. thought that makes her vindictive toward Guy. What happens eventually is re- \ ealed in due course.