PATEA TOWN HALL TALKIES

Patea Mail, Volume LI, 25 July 1930, Page 2

PATEA TOWN HALL TALKIES

“GIRL FROM HAVANA."

Adventuire and love -cruise the Caribbean in ‘‘The Girl from Ha\ ana, the all talking Fox Movietone feature coming to the Town Hall on Saturday. Directed by Benjamin Stoloff, the cast is headed by Paul Page, Lola Lane, and Warren Hymer, the three people whose names, together with Stoloff's, were linked together in an earlier success, *‘Speakeasy. ’' "The Girl from Havana” is a fast, clever comedy of intrigue in "The Paris of the South.” The director took the company to Cuba on a liner from Los Angeles through the Panama Canal, following the action of the thrilling ditama by John Stone' and Edwin Burke, the production being filmed and recorded cn route. 'Neath a tropical moon and palms, many exciting situations take place when Lola and Paul mistake each other's purpose and become involved with a crew of .■Society -s<3iheme,rs.< The ’cash dulcludes such well known ‘ players as Natalie Mo ore head, Kenneth Thomson, Joseph Girard, Adcle Windsor, and Marcia Chapman. Amongst a good selection of short features is a sound picture of the Melbourne Cup.

TUESDAY—PIOTUEE CAE NIVAL DANCE.

Many have read the gripping mystery .story. “After the Verdict, ’ ’ winch comes from the pen of the brilliant Robert Hicbeus, and those who have, will want to see the screen play of the same book. Pieturegoers who have not read tihie book will sec it in living form if they come to the Town Hall on Tuesday, when a carnival dance will be held from S to 1. The actual story lias been brought to the screen with a close continuity to the book, and an added atmosphere that, lives. Chekova, one of Russia's most distinguished screen and stage stars, plays the leading role.