AMUSEMENTS

Opotiki News, Volume III, Issue 315, 25 September 1940, Page 1

AMUSEMENTS

“MY LITTLE CHICKADEE” Offering a double-barrel barrage of hilarious comedy, whoop’-om-up action and whimsical romance, Mae West and W. G. Fields’ new starring picture, Universal’s “My Little Chickadee,” opened to-morrow at the Regent Theatre. The production is unquestionably one of the most riotous entertainments to come out of Hollywood in some time.

In a cleverly concocted story set against the picturesque background of the ISBU frontier, the curvaceous Mao and bulbous-nosed Fields coyer themselves with new glory in roles custom-tailored to their colourful talents.

Mae portrays a wise-cracking Ghicago cabaret singer -who causes a tornado of excitement upon her arrival in the wild and woolly wide open' spaces. Fields in cast as a travelling medicine man and cardsharp who is fascinated by Mao and who struggles valiantly throughout the film to win her affections.

Also contributing importantly to the entertainment is an outstanding cast of supporting players. Joseph Galicia is excellent as tho crooked boss of the western town where most of the action takes place. Dick Foran ably enacts tho crusading newspaper editor and Donald Meek does a priceless characterisation of a shifty gambler who looks like a deacon. Other parts aro carried off by Anne Nagel, Margaret Hamilton, Fuzzy Knight, Ruth Donnelly and George Moran. In the film Miss West sings “Willie of the Valley,” written especially for her. She is accompanied by the well-known musical trio, Gene Austin and Candy and Coco. Shorts include latest Walt Disney colour cartoon “Beach Picnic .