ENTERTAINMENTS.*

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 20 November 1937, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS.*

CURRENT ATTRACTIONS MAJESTIC: NOW SHOWING, JOAN CRAWFORD, CLARK GABLE ANI) IRANCIIOr TONE IN SPLENDID COMEDY, ‘LOVE ON THE RUN,” PLUS EXCELLENT SUPPORTS

| Delightful entertainment is dispensed iby Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and [ Frarichot Tone in the gay Metroj Goldwyn-Mayer comedy, “Love on the j Run” which concludes its season on | Monday. Prominent in supporting ! role.-, are Reginald Owen and Mona | Barrie Not in a long time has there | been a picture with the freshness, i gaiety and spontaneity of "Love on the ' Run." Acted to perfection by its stars i and supporting cast, this new attraction has wit. charm, and pulsating ac--1 tion directed by the man responsible (for such successes as “San Francisco,” ! "Rose Marie,’ etc W. S. Van Dyke ! fully maintains bis directorial acumen in the film. The comedy is sharp, tart, j and pitched in a high key It moves at i breakneck speed with crashes of j drama. It is spattered with spies, acro- ; planes, and ghosts while repartee crack--1 les to a merry tune. An excellent j supporting programme includes the i Majestic News Services, Metro, Universal and Cinesound. “Hollywood Party” is a bright Metro miniature revue featuring Charlie Chase, Elissa Landi and the Marcus Girls, while another of the justly famous Peter Smith ' Specialities, “Wanted a Master,” will | find appeal with every dog lover. ] On Tuesday next the remarkable film 'of that most dangerous of all callings, espionage, is thrillingly told in “Dark ; Journey” starring Conrad Veidt and Vivien Leigh. The film is also notable in that it depicts many of the secrets of the famous “Q" ships. On Friday next the eagerly awaited “A Star is Born” will commence an (extended season. With Frederic March jand Janet Gaynor in the leading roles i the film is creating great interest (wherever shown. It is the first modern story to be filmed in the new technicolour and infuses vigorous action, dramatic suspense and uproarious comedy. Patrons are advised to make early reservation for this attraction.

The management of the Majestic announce that Sir Benjamin Fuller, in association with Mr Bertram Montague, will present th<- Montague Show, a London Revue Company, at this theatre on 6th, 7th and Bth December. Further particulars will be ar nounced later.

STATE: NOW' SHOWING, IRVING BERLIN’S BRILLIANT MUSICAL “ON TIIE AVENUE.”

With songs by Irving Berlin carrying it to new heights of melody, “On the Avenue,” Twentieth Century-Fox’ sparkling musical production opened yesterday afternoon to large audiences, 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 the 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 Burbier. "On the "Avenue” gets off to a hilarious start when Madeleine Carroll, as 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 melodies plays a novel and important part, brings the pair to a thrilling, romantic ar.J tuneful solution of their difficulties. winding up one of the gayest and most melodious musicals that the screen has presented. The six song hits Berlin wrote -for “On the Avenue” are “This Year’s Kisses,” “You’re Laughing at 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 Ijiythm.” Patrons are urged to ring 1144 immediately for reserves.

REGENT, NOW SHOWING: VICTOR McLAGLEN AND CONCHITA MONTENEGRO IN “LAUGHING AT LIFE.” SALLY EILERS AND JAMES DUNN IN “WE HAVE OUR MOMENTS”

The main feature at the Regent, “Laughing at Life,” is a rollicking adventurous story. Offering McLaglen an almost perfect role as Captain Easter, a daredevil adventurer and gun-runner, it has such varied and colourful backgrounds as Panama, Shanghai, France, India, and the South Seas and South America in the throes in a revolution. McLaglen, roystermg around the world, using three names to cover his misdemeanours; loyal to his 1 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, Conchita Montenegro, Regis Toomey, Henry Armetta, Noah Beery, Ivan Lebedeff and Henry B. Walthall. “We Have Our Moments” concerns a school teacher on y 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. Tiiis is an excellent double feature programme. and patrons are ’advised to book early. The plan is now open at R. A. Thomas's.