ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 18 November 1937, Page 14

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT ATTRACTIONS MAJESTIC: LAST NIGHT, “THE GREEN PASTURES." AT 2 P.M. j TO-MORROW, CLARK GABLE , JOAN CRAWFORD AND I RAN-I ( HOT TONE, "LOVE ON THE | RIJN." Then? Ims been a great deal of eon-' troversy about the film "The Green Pastures” which is due lor (Inal pro- . I mentation this evening. Shorn of its j qunintness and whimsicality of the negro talk and ideology the film remains : a beautiful and expressive "fable" of . the Lord and His solicitude for mankind. It is not blasphemous and surrealist beauty makes it one of the most interesting and enjoyable productions i that has been produced in America for | some time. "The Green Pastures” is in i short the negro realisation of God and Heaven expressed in the terms of everyday life. A notable feature of the film is Iho inspiring choruses rendered | by the famous Hall-./olmson Choir. Romance runs rampant, adventure has its fling, and love conquers all in the delightful new M.G.M. comedy | "Love on the Run.” Teaming those j three exhilarating and colourful per- ; sonalities, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable; and Franchot Tone in a dashing talc of | modci'n doings by ultra-modern people, the new picture provides excitement and laughter in a melange of an heir- i ess, a fortune-hunting nobleman, two : American correspondents, and a brace 1 of European crooks. As a contrast to j her recent, historical role of “The Gor- | genus Hussy” the versatile Miss Crawford this time appears as a distinctly : 1937 stream-lined-model girl dressed in those dazzling creations that only she j can wear so well. She is supposed to be j Sally Parker, oaugbter of an American : millionaire, besieged by the nobility of , the foreign capitals, and she looks every j inch the part. When Sally, practically j a! the altar, learns that her titled ; husband-to-be is just another fortune ; hunter she walks out on the wedding, ■ wcrcupon Gable and love conic in on the run, A bracket of special sup purling vignell.es includes a Pete Smith speciality. “Wanted a Master," a subject which will have great appeal to all dog lovers. Plans for all attractions are now on view at Hie Majestic Confectionery. REGENT: FINAL SCREENING OF THE GUEST NIGHT ATTRACTION "LONE COWBOY" AND “A LADY’S PROFESSION." Commencing to-morrow at the Regent at 7.45 p.m. will be seen two out- j standing features—" Laughing at Life” j with a brilliant cast headed by Victor I McLaglcn, and “We Have Our Mo- I, incuts” starring Sally Eilcrs and James H Dunn. "Laughing at Life” is a rollick- ; ing adventurous story. Offering Me- ’ Laglcn an almost perfect role as Cap-|l tain Easier, a daredevil adventurer and j| gun-runner, it has such varied and j 1 colourful backgrounds as Panama, ji Shanghai. Fra.iice, India, and the South 1 1 Seas and Soutli America in the throes Jl in a revolution. McLaglen, roystermgi l around the world, using three names top cover his misdemeanours; loyal to his J wife, but unable to resist a pretty face or ; figure, gives a performance quite the : equal of his Academy Award winning portrayal in "The Informer.” Supporting him are William Boyd. Conchila Montenegro. Regis Toomey. Henry Ar- j metta, Noah Beery, Ivan Lebedeff and Henry B. Walthall. “We Have Our Moments” concerns a school teacher on a lark in Europe, who becomes the central figure in an amusing, but dangerous, game involving under-cover detectives and dinner-jacketed crooks. Filmed against the glittering background of a trans-Atlantic luxury liner and famed Monte Carlo, it has a bright modern tempo—clever, sophisticated situations and witty, stimulating dialogue .It has the gaiety and vitality of a magnificent day in spring. Plans are now open at R. A. Thomas s. STATE: LAST NIGHT OF RALPH LYNN IN “ALL IN.” TO-MORROW AT 2 P.M.—IRVING BERLIN’S BRILLIANT MUSICAL "ON THE AVENUE.” The final presentation of Ralph Lynn in "All In" will be screened to-night and for producing a good outright laugh this picture can be guaranteed. With songs by Irving Berlin carrying it to new heights of melody, “On the Avenue," Twentieth Century-Fox sparkling musical production opens tomorrow, with a stellar cast of entertainers and the latest hits by the man whose music is known everywhere. In this real-life romance of New York, and glamorous as t lie town itself. Dick Powell and Madeleine Carroll, a combination new to musical comedy, make a handsome and romantic team, ably surrounded by such masters of mirth and melody as Alice Faye, The Ritz Brothers and George Barbier. “On the Avenue” gets off to a hilarious start when Madeleine Carroll, as a wealthy debutante, George Barbier, as her father, and Alan Mowbray, as an explorer, enter a theatre just as Dick Powell, Alice Faye and The Ritz Brothers are going into a farcical burlesque of the home life of “the richest girl in the world.” An exciting conclusion, in which one of Irving Berlin’s melodics plays a novel and important part, brings tin: pair to a thrilling, romantic and tuneful solution of their difficulties. winding up one of the gayest and | most melodious musicals that the screen lias presented. The six song hits Berlin 1 wrote for "On the Avenue” are “This i 'ear's Kisses,” “You're Laughing at i Me.” “Slumming on Park Avenue.” "I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm." “The Girl on the Police Gazette,” and "He Ain't Got Rhythm.”