AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17747, 6 April 1932, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. James Berridge, millionaire shipbuilder, was a big man; in fact, lie was far too big to atteucl to the little things in life, and in the category of “little tilings’’ he included his own wife, ft was only when lie thought that he had lost her'that he realised what she really meant. This is what happens in “These Charming People,” a British picture which commenced to-day at the Regent Theatre. It is a fascinating play of English society—among “those charming people,” whose one aim and ambition in life is to acquire money and position, quite disregarding such a banal thing as love! Cyril Moore appears as a very impecunious but lovable colonel, the father of two beautiful girls (Nora Swinburne and Ann Todd). His acting, with its poise and restraint so delightfully .English, is splendid, and as far as the humor of the play is concerned he is responsible for it all. Godfrey Tear e plays the part of Berridge, whose Ini' is centred on Ids business, while Nora Swinburne is his wife, charming, but neglected. The supports .include a most ,interesting “short.” “The House that Shadows Built.” It is a film showing excerpts from pictures of another day which brings back interesting memory.

MAJESTIC THEATRE "Honor of the Family,” showing at. the Majestic Theatre to-night,, is a smart, clever, sophisticated story, with a Hungarian setting. Captain Boris, supposed Jo be safe in the wilds ot Africa with the French foreign Legion, makes an unexpected letuin to his uncle's castle, to find the gullible old man well in the not of a lair adventuress, a light lady from Budapest, one Laura, an actress, who is having an affair, right under Ins uncle's nose, with Tony Revere, for-tune-hunter.' His cousin Boris sees through the scheme, and matches ins dashing experience of women of all nation's against the soft allure of the licht lady, with exhilarating results. In' the heat of outraged "virtue,” the lady smacks the irresistible captain’s face; lie smacks hers, and a roval battle of wits commences, with the result a foregone conclusion,. Bobo Daniels is intriguing and bewitching as Laura, and wears some beautilul clothes. Warren Williams is a bandsome, debonair, lady-killing, not 1o sav man-killing Boris. Alan Alowbi.iy is the rascally Tony, and t ledei iclc Carr is old Paul Barony. There is a strong supporting programme.

The Peter Pan Dance Club advertise a mid-week session, to be held in the Carlton Hall on Thursday next. Wreford Wades orchestra will play the latest numbers, and lovers of dancing are assured of an enjoyable evening.