ENTERTAINMENTS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXII, 26 October 1938, Page 2

ENTERTAINMENTS

CURRENT ATTRACTIONS STATE: NOW SHOWING “LOVE AND HISSES” MUSICAL COMEDY. FRIDAY NEXT, JANE WITHERS IN “CHECKERS” At least part of the news about “Love and Hisses” ought to be as an extra. Simone Simon sings. And how the glorious glamour girl sings! Twentieth Century’s Fox’s new idea in musical show hits, is to borrow a phrase from one of its stars, “a wowsah”! And with seven excellent Gordon and Revel song hits. Under the order of new business it brings up that old toss-around between the Rajah of Rib, Walter Winchell, and his “Old Mousetrap” . . . Ben Bernie. Jf’his T.N.T.-for-two picture has a new kind of appeal in co-starring efforts. But what appeals to the audience is that this girl from Paris, once a breath-tak-ing little school lass, swishes her way through an eye-filling array of gowns. And when one is ready to accept her surprising new glamour and swing singing as exhilarating experience, she tops the climax by thrilling her hearers with the difficult “Bell Song” from the opera “Lakme.” “Love and Hisses” marks a new triumph for Darryl F. Zanuck who selected Sidney Lanfield for the job of directing, after his success with “Sing Baby Sing,” “One in a Million,” “Thin Ice” and “Wake Up and Live.” Gordon and Revel’s “Sweet Someone”’ . . . . “I Wanna Be In Winchell’s Column” .. . “Be a Good Sport” and “Broadway’s Gone Hawaii” plus some more tunes by Pollack and Mitchell, Zeno and Irwin make this picture a song-hit festival. Friday next sees that mischievous Jane Withers in her latest laughter riot “Checkers”—a particularly excellent story of the race track. With her appear Una Merkel and Stuart Edwin joining in to make the laughs just one continual stream. Plans are at Beggs.

“ROSALIE” STILL ATTRACTING BIG AUDIENCES TO MAJESTIC. FINAL SCREENING THURSDAY. COMMENCING FRIDAY “TEST PILOT”.

Still attracting huge audiences “Rosalie”, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s screen version of Ziegfeld’s mammoth musical comedy, romps merrily along at the Majestic with Nelson Eddy, Eleanor Powell, Frank Morgan and Edna May Oliver at the head of a very talented band of entertainers. Eddy appears to advantage in several numbers and plus the dancing of Eleanor Powell, the comedy of Frank Morgan and Billy (Sneeze) Gilbert, in conjunction with what must undoubtedly be claimed as the greatest scenic spectacle ever presented on the screen, “Rosalie” is endearing itself to local theatre-goers. The management announce the final presentation on Thursday evening. The programme includes “Surf Heroes,” a Pete Smith Oddity, the Cinesound Review, another interesting Popular Science, an historical mystery and the Universal News Service, the whole combining to present another outstanding Majestic programme. A pleasing interlude during the evening was the stage presentation by Barbara Oliver of a snappily executed “Tap Tempo” which received well-deserved applause. Next Friday Clark Gable, Myrna Loy and Spencer Tracy, three popular and talented people appear in Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer’s “Test Pilot”, a film of thrilling interest. The human element is nicely balanced with the scenes supplied by the United States Air Force. These are magnificent. “Test Pilot” goes right away from any other aviation picture in its splendour and its reality, its suggestion of modern defensive measures, its adequate presentation of the resources of a great nation. Booking has already commenced and judging from the interest apparent big houses will be in attendance.

REGENT TO-NIGHT, GUEST NIGHT: “MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE” AND “LADIES SHOULD LISTEN”

In “Man on the Flying Trapeze,” starring W. C. Field and Mary Brian, Fields is cast as a submissive, blundering husband constantly hen-pecked by his wife and mother-in-law. In a series of hilarious events the worm begins to turn and in a funny but strangely pathetic scene Fields walks out on his “in-laws” with his daughter. From that time on his luck begins to change. The sequences where he retires for the night appears at the breakfast table, tries to “unpark” his car, arrives at his office, are priceless bits of comedy which establish his artistry even more completely than his past successes. The associate feature “Ladies Should Listen” features Cary Grant. The story presents Cary as a wealthy bachelor, just returned to Paris with a valuable nitrate mine concession. The object of the women’s affections, he is doubly sought now because of his wealth; and among the feminine suitors are Rosita Moreno, who tries to blackmail him; Nydia Westman, millionaire nit-wit and Frances Drake, telephone operator, who loves him sincerely. Tapping his wires, she knows all about his affairs, business and otherwise, and when she tries tc save him from the graspingo females, she further complicates matters. Other players who help to make this picture highly amusing include Edward Everett Horton, and George Barbier. Patrons are reminded that on guest nights there are no reserves .