AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17409, 6 November 1930, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATKE Tho talking comedy drama ‘'ln the Headlines,” which proved an unqualified success at the. Majestic Theatre last night, will ■bo continued to-night and also to-morrow night. To the vast majority of people the life of a newspaper reporter is fraught with romantics possibilities and exciting situations. Grant Withers, as the husky reporter, dominates the film and does splendid work, as also does Marian Nixon, as the cub reporter, placed under his wing for special tuition. Edmund Breese, Clyde Cook, Pauline Gallon, Frank Chapman, Hallam Cooley, Robert Ober, and Ben Hall are all ot' importance to the smooth working of tho story. “Nosey” Norton (Withers) is star reporter on tho News, with whose city editor (Breese) he is constantly fighting. A big news story breaks when two well-known brokers are together found shot in their offices. “Nosey,” on the job, puts over a great (ale about the tragedy through the telephone to the city editor, although little is yet known as to the reason for the shooting. At tho same time “Nosey” allays tho suspicions of reporters from rival papers by dishing them up a lukewarm story, which they innocently and conveniently shoot across to their respective offices. Marion Nixon comes into the. story by securing a job on “Nosey’s” paper, where she is set to work under his guidance by the city editor, much to “Nosey’s” disgust —at first. Later, the hard-boiled' reporter becomes romantic and loses his head over her. But it is through her that he finally arrives at the solution of the story he has been working on. The supporting featured tes are entertaining.

THE REGENT With onch now talking picture the film industry proves it is advancing, j The latest achievement of Fox Movietone' to delight local pictnregoers is “Why Leave Homo?” the musical eomody which opened at the Regent yesterday. Bubbling with delightful humor, andj containing a group, of sotlg numbers that proved irresistible, “Why Leave Home?” I is one of the most entertaining talking, singing, and dancing pictures. It is an adaptation of the stage success, “Cradle Snatchers,” and is even funnier in the screen version than it was in tho foot-, light production. A melange of college youths, chorus girls, business men and indignant wives compose the east, and the catchiness of the melodies is assured by the authorship—that of .Conrad,' Mitchell rind Got tier, who have many Broadway musical shows to their credit j as well as the tuneful numbers of the “Fox Movietone Follies of 1929.” Walter Catlett repeats his stage success, sharing tho leading honors with Sue . Carol and Nick Stuart. Notable performances arc given by others in tho east, David Hollins, Richard Keene, Dixie Lee, Jean < Bury, Jed Prouty, Ilka Chase and Dot Farley doing specially good work. Raymond Cannon’s direction and his deft use of camera, angles is noteworthy. Catlett is one of the most entertaining comedians . in America. Sue Carol is even sweeter | than she was in the “Movietone Follies.”! She is one of the best of the younger members of the Fox luminaries. The featnrettes consist of a talking comedy “Vernon's Aunt,” a sound gazette, an “Oswald the Rabbit” cartoon, “Himly Curdy,” and a comedy, “In and Out.”