AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17454, 31 December 1930, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

, MAJESTIC THEATRE. Accomplished Miss Ruth Chatterton adds another to her list of triumphs with “Mk h hhcl Son,” which opehs for a short, season at, the Majestic. Theatre to-night. After seeing “.Sarah and Soil/' 6fie will have ho doubt that Miss Chatterton is one ,of the finest actresses presented to. the public by means of talking pictures. A stoiy of a woman’s heroic t struggle agalhst the fate winch seeffls . determined to keep her separated from her son provides plenty of episodes which sfiljw Miss Cnhttertoii v at her best. &»*• ffllfe is not an easy .one, as it requires to play the part of d fifreigfl girl whose accent, gradually bocoihfo Ms broken With the passing of 'tiifte'. Wt she .khMdins ’the character in a my Which high pr'lse. ih addition j she gings two songs, one of them being a German luilabj:. .Miss Chattcrfoh is supported by Philippe di'.lifcejr, who plays the .part of.the, child, and by Ffedric March, the lawyer who falls in love With her while assisting her to recover her child. Gilbert Efiiery and Fuller Mcllish, pm., are pVbfiiident among the remaining members of the cast. The Supporting prbgfaM is a Y6ry strong one Tn addition to the third chapter of “Tdrzdft the tiger” serial, there are excellent fe&tu'rottCs,,, “ the Dancing Dolls” is ah .cnjoßhle hhm.ber, in which a novel method is adopted, fof presenting a number of 18th century Lags and dauces. “the >ucc Singers” in vocal gems. “Fire Bugs tMklfig cartoon, and “The meek Mr. Meek,” talking comedy are the other suUboTts. This programme will be (ftmtihhed tft-inofroW at the matmee aUd bight "screenings.

THE REGENT 'viV: ri f- : " . ~nr > Following her theory that what a man is to do i!s also suitable diet. foV the frSmSn, NdrUia Shearer, as. the wife in the “the Divorcee,” is rPsgonaiHe tor adding another personal, success to her alrcUdy Tmig list. “TM> DlVortee closes dt the Kegent tn-mgt,t. H is, ffirn 1 © hr less, the cut and dried domestic nmhlein With just sufficient variation to Lbb it avray from the path Which, director.'fhave been treading since tile movies to talk-. C&st as the liidclevn girl, t&a ‘Mrrfes agfeteh Morris, bit .Cfcftrad. Nagel has alwaVs been her aJiiiipir Norma (W ckers iftlr a colpte of Jrefits that her lmsb.4l iM Been, unfaithful,, and She ItftewS in hii footsies. Grkdually .it Sfs hSoh her tbCher h#t ttfflV belongs to her husband, aM eventutilly they begin life all over agSiri. Talkie featifiStWl Ms6.Will. he Screened, . Who killed Anthony Benson? Baffling, mMratnif, faWJr shspensefnl, the latest kffloit of ifflilo ym§; s. S. Van Dine s sophiiticSted slehth, “The Benson MWer ’Cash” Wfr hldieffces spMlthe rdle h’e Made ffifflogs in “Ihe MUrder Case” aid “TK6 prfeene Murdet CSase.” Eu'genePallette as Sergeant Heath, again blunders his Way through a maze IT. misleading f. hies. While E H. CalVert, playing the district stdrA% fer.the third tifne, frahtifially ceeks l solution fo a startling crime. Rffio VanCe fttoiishes the solution, and, in doing St, supplies one of the most hiahlv entertaining pieces of entertainKt that has heel seen here. Paul Lnkas is also in the cast. The featureltes consist of a talkartoOn "Wise Flies,” a talking comedy “Accidents Will Happen,” “The Ballet Class, Abe , orchestrai and “Carolina