ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 4 May 1938, Page 3

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT ATTRACTIONS STATE: NOW SHOWING FINE VARIETY PROGRAMME. FRIDAY, R.K.O. RADIO’S SPECIAL “STAGE DOOR,” WITH GINGER ROGERS AND KATHARINE HEPBURN.

To-night the management will ol- , ter to the public what is claimed to be one of the finest variety programmes ever presented. The attraction is the ! non-stop revue show “She Shall Have Music,” featuring Jack Hylton and his . band—the world-famous dance orches- j tra. Included in the acts are various artists of stage, screen arid radio' and it promises to be a picture of real high-class entertainment. Attraction No. 2 is the film of the famous FarrBraddock fight in which the latter makes a sensational comeback and becomes again a contender for the world's title. . Attraction No. 2 is a surprise comedy hit “Woman Wise’ 1 which features two popular stars in Michael Whalen and Rochelle HudCommencing on Friday comes "Stage j Door.” which has had tremendous' sue- i cess elsewhere. Summing up in its | strikingly realistic story the lives and careers of all stage-struck girls every- | where "Stage Door” brings Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers together j for the first time, with Adolphe Menjou co-starred at the head of a brilliant ■ cast. The picture is based on the famous stage play which ran for nearly half a year in New York Most of its vividly \ absorbing action takes place in a theatrical boarding house where scores , of eager and ambitious girls live and hope and sometimes perish while they strive for fame behind the footlights , Two of the girls in particular stand out from the others—Katharine Hepburn, a wealthy debutante who seeks a stage ■ career against her family’s wishes, and Ginger Rogers, a happy-go-lucky, wisecracking youngster with-no background and no money, but confident that she can succeed on her own. Constance Collier. Ralph Forbes, Franklin Pangborn, Samuel B. Hinds. Ann ' Miller. Frances Gifford. Pierre Watkin and many other notables of the screen are in the supporting cast of this unusual offering. Gregory La Cava, who has directed many exceptional pictures, handled this offering, which was pro- j duced by Pandro S. Berman. Edna 1 Forbes and George S. Kaufman wrote the original play on which the picture itf based Plans are now on view at Begg’s.

EXCEPTIONAL HOUSES ACCORDED “MAYTIME” AT THE MAJESTIC. « COMMENCING 'NEXT SATURDAY LULSE RAINER AND SPENCER TRACY IN ‘BIG CITY.”

Never in the history of Nelson has a film been accorded - such houses‘as are now the vogue at the Majestic for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s "Maytime.” In the three days 4800 have paid for admission for .this- charming, absorbing and wholly .melodious film. Never before have those popular stars Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy appeared to greater .advantage. The test of the pictures . excellence is the fact that it runs lor two and a quarter hours without creating the slightest symptom of fatigue. In the film Metro-Golduyn-Mayer have combined gaiety, beauty and sepia toning which is the studio's answer to the call for colour. 'This tone gives exquisite depth and softness. Intending patrons are strongly advised to reserve. The next Majestic attraction commences. on Saturday ne#t • at 2 p.m with the two Academy Award winners Luise Rainer and- Spence* Tracey in yet another Metro-Go’dwyn-Mayer attraction—" Big City” TV # story deals with the fortunes of an immigrant girl who battles her way to success in America and to love via marriage to a New York taxicab driver. The part of the immigrant girl provides another unusual role for the versatile Miss Hairier whose screen, portrayals range

from the. Chinese heroine of "The Good Earth” to the Russian c untess of “The Emperor s Candlesticks.” As the tough, but good natured taxicab driver, Tracy plays his first role since his hit parts in “Captains Courageous” and "They Gave Him a Gun.” Also prominent in the cast are Charley Grapewin, Janet Beecher and Eddie Quillan. Plans for the season are now open

REGENT. TO-NIGHT, GUEST NIGHT "STORM OVER THE ANDES, AND “LOVE BEFORE BREAK FAST."

j "Storm Over the Ancles,’’ featuring Jack Holt and Mona Barrie, is an 'exciting story of an ace flyer who sells his services to a foreign nation involved in warfare. Included in the supporting cast are Grant Withers and Antonio Moreno. The associate feature, "Love Before Breakfast,” with Carole Lombard and Preston Foster in the leading roles, is a brilliant comedy revealing a modern young lady who demands the right to her own opinions, even when they include the desire to marry two young men. The fun begins when one iof her suitors gives her a black eye j accidentally. From that point, every | time he tries to win her favour, he i does something else which stirs her wrath more. Her spoken lines snap like a whip, crackling like static in a ' lightning storm. The smart dialogue In "Love Before Breakfast" grows naturally from the humorous situations. The climax of the laughs is heightened by happenings during a storm at sea. Patrons are again reminded that it is guest night and that there are no reserves.