ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 21 December 1937, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT ATTRACTIONS ! MAJESTIC: I,AST NIGHT OF "THE ! SHOW GOKS ON." TO-MORROW MAURICE CHEVAMKK IN "THE RE LOVE I) VAGABOND.” FRIDAY DEANNA DURBIN. To-night. Hit; final presentation of | the latest Grade Fields release “The j Show Goes On" will be given. Many j tuneful numbers are included in storied ! reflection of Grade's own life. On Wednesday and Thursday

j next Tex Morton will appear | on stage in song and story and with 1 lrs guitar in the act which he has so i successfully presented in Australia. I Tex is an old Nelson boy and it is fitting that ho makes his first professional New Zealand appearance in his home town. Following his appearance here he will return to Australia and thence to England where he has contracts to fulfil. During his Australian tour Tex has appeared on the same programmes as Gladys MoncriefT. Nina Mae McKinney and Jimmy Davidson’s Australian LiomiessUn" !>md. His press notices show conclusively just how far he has climbed the theatrical : ladder and his local appearance is | creating great interest, as over and above iiis local associations Tex has j achieved fame for his numerous recordings for Columbia Records. An j interesting bracket of shorts will complete an outstanding first half while the I feature picture is W.J. Locke’s “The i Beloved Vagabond” starring the inimi- ! table Maui ice Chevalier in a role that was made for him. This film is aci knowlcdgcd as Chevalier’s rightful | successor to his immensely popular j "Innocents of Paris”. Patrons are rej minded that then will be no mcreasf i in prices fei this outstanding entertain ment programme. Commencing on Fri day next <Christinas Eve) the manage ment are proud to announce their attraction with Deanna Durbin in “100 Men and a Girl ' Booking has already commenced for Ibis special, and intend ing patrons are advised to make early I reservation.

STATE: “BULLDOG DRUMMOND ESCAPES." CHRISTMAS ATRACTION SUPREME MUSICAL "WAKE UP AND LIVE.”

Crime rides the mojrs and “Bulldog Drummond" battle it in his usual breezy mannerin Paramount's "Bulldog Drummond Escapes," latest film version of the popular series of McNeile and Fairlic stories which begins at the State Theatre to-morrow. With

handsome Ray Milland in tiie title role, and with Sir Guy Standing. Heather Angel, Porter Hall and Reginald Denny in the supporting cast, "Bulldog Drummond Escapes" is a fast-moving detectivethriller, generously sprinkled with humour and real laughs. It is genuine entertainment, and should be on everybody’s “must” list. A selection of Paramount’s excellent featurettes completes a most atractive programme. "Wake up and Live,” the filmusical featuring Waller Winchell, Ben Bernie and Alice Faye is described as the sweetest, most glamorous and glorious musical ever made by Twentieth Cen-tury-Fox, the studio which also turn-

ed out “On the Avenue," “One;]7n a Million" and "Sing Baby, Sing.” A

sweethot of a show, as Mrs Winched’." hoy Walter might put it, "Wake Up and Live" carries the famed WinchelleBernie feud to new heights of merriment. with Your New Correspondent and the Old Maestro engaged in a furious vendetta in the midst of one of the most, attractive musicals of the year. In addition to the spectacle of Winchell and Bernie feuding face-to-face, "Wake Up and Live” offers Alice Fa.ye, singing, dancing and acting her way to new laurels; Patsy Kelly, Ned Sparks and Jack Haley piling up the laughs. A tuneful picture it is given melodious aid by Gordon and Revel who turned out nine song hits for the film; “Never in a Million Years,” “It's Swell of You," “I’m Bubbling Over," “There's a Lull in my Life,” “Wake Up and Live,” “Oh. But I'm Happy," "I Love You Too Much. Muchacha," "Red Seal Malt" and "Bernie’s Love Song.” For the first time for some years the State will offer for their patrons’ benefit, a gala Christmas midnight matinee which will commence at 10.20 p.m. and continue until midnight. This procedure will allow the public to do their late shopping at case and still attend the theatre to celebrate the festive season. The picture selected is “Wake Up and Live" which proved such a huge success in the North Island. Patrons are advised that the plans are now on view at Beggs.

TO-NIGHT, GUEST NIGHT TRO“TOLL OF THE ROAD,” AND “THE VIRGINIA JUDGE.” TOMORROW, GUEST NIGHT PROGRAMME: “CAPTAIN HURRICANE” AND “THE RICHEST GIRL IN THE WORLD.”

"Captain Hurricane," the comedydrama of Cape Cod folk, is a story of a captain who loved the sea, even though he tried to get away from it and live a sedate life on the land, where he never felt at home. James Barton, noted Broadway star, brings to the screen the role of the explosive Captain Zenas Henry Webster, trying hard to settle down and cool his

temper so that he could be accepted by the woman to whom he had been proposing for twenty years, but who would never have him because of his roving disposition and his terrible temper. Co-featured with, him as the prim spinster whom he wooes while she mothers and dominates him is Helen Westley. Helen Mack is a waif of the sea and Gene Lockhart is one of the captain’s cronies. A youthful romance in which Miss Mack figures, provides a strong element in the story. "The Richest Girl in the World” is a very amusing comedy-romance of a rich girl who determined to find a man who would marry her and not her money. The feature roles are played by Mirian Hopkins and Jole McCrea supported by Fay Wray, Reginald Denny, Henry Stephenson. As there are no reserves on Guest Nights patrons are requested to attend early. A matinee will be screened this week on Friday at 2 p.m. instead of Saturday.

Special attention is drawn to the screening of matinees over the holidays. Matinees will be screened every afternoon from Monday next (Boxing Day) until further notice.