AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17450, 24 December 1930, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

THE REGENT Something novel in its conception is “The Show of Shows,” closing tonight at the Regent. It is a production , that has won the complete approval of audiences. If is remarkable for the cast of well-known players who provide the entertainment. Seventy-five favorites of the screenappear. The, big revue embraces novelties, pageants, marches, dances, s,oug semas, clever aerobatic turns, vaudeville specialties, sister acts, and picturesque ensembles. “The Mayfair Quintet ' ’ also will be presented. “Thd Divorcee,” commences at 2 pun, on Boxing Day. Metro-Goidwyn-did well by Norma Shearer in giving,h9t “The Divorcee,” for the Uftiulq Bat rot t story of a woman who to shexw her husband there is a dpuhl.e standard'for women as well as for men, contains far more than docs the average, him piot. This cleverlveonctuved story had great possibilities of 'developing into melodrama but' forMiss SheVer and,' her supporting cast in portrayal, of the vivid'roles. The entire east is excellent, Chester Morris giving-thc right-feeling to the part of the husband; Conrad Nagel, excellent in the unsympathetic role of the man whp would betray his no-longer attractive wife; Helen, Johnson as that wife; Robert Montgomery as one of Jerry’s amorata, and Florence Eldridge, Helena Millard, Robert Elliott, Mary Rorfan, Tyler, Brooke, Zolda Sears and Qhorge Irving iu minor roles.

MAJESTIC THEATRE Tho‘ Amer.ic,ap- West has rarely been tls ‘bacltgrbuiid for a more colorful apd. atifiihg romance th,qn that depicted in “ThW Great Rmde,” the Birst National production, which opens totpighi at' the Majestic. Dorothy' Maokaill is the heroine, a type of hard-shelled but soft-hearted girl. lan Keith, is the representative of the modern West, playing a mine owner. Myrna Lov appears as a half-breed Mexican girl. Tarzan the Tiger serial will be advanced-another stage when chapter No. d, “The Road to Ophir,” will' bo presented. Iu this thrilling episode Tarzan comes to grips with a lion, and numerous other adventures befall him. . The featurettcs are a widely diversified lot. , No pictures, will be screened ait Christmas Day, but the above programme will be presented on Boxing I)ay, wltm tb.e Usual screening times will be adhered to, the matinee at 2 p.m; and thfi night session at S o ’clock. Unlike many recent talking films, Columbia’s “The, Melody Man,” which opens at the Majestic at the matinee pri Saturday, although a musical picture, does not rely on catchy song numbers, colorful stage settings gnd a galaxy, of girls. On the contrary, the stage, and its people has nothing at all to, do with the action or the, pigt. Thh story is unique. The battle that is being waged between the classics and jazz is the basis of the plot. A pretty romance is interwoven, which is true .to life. The picture, which features Wm. Collier, jun., Alice Day pnd Johnny Walker, has several scenes in technicolor, and is a. talking, dancing and singing special production. There will be a complete programme of supporting featurettes.