AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17949, 29 November 1932, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE.

Bose Hobart and Ben Lyon are the featured players in “Compromised, now showing at tae Majestic Theatre. In this modern version of the Cinderella theme, Miss Hobart is least as Ann, nameless child of the town’s bad woman and maid of all work in a null town boardinghouse, while “Prince Charming/i’ in the- person of Sidney, only son of John Brock, a millionaire mill-owner, is played by Ben Lyon. Sidney is engaged* to -Connie Holt, a modern girl who resents lis decision to learn the business from the ground up, by living in a small to</n. She finally visits the boardinghouse to tell him that she means to marry someone else. After she lias gone Sidney gets drunk, and as Ann is helping him '.o bed, Mrs. Munsey, the landlady, appears and accuses the girl of “following in her mother s footsteps. To protect her from the sneers and ill usages of the landlady, Sidney marries Ann, who s >1 turn scorned by her snobbish father-in-law and the sophisticated divorcee to whom her husband was formerly engaged, and who secretly plans to win. ihe young husband away front ,his .vife and little son. A fine supporting programme includes an interesting study of the jungle, entitled •‘Animals of the Amazon,” a further him of the Heesing “Sports Slants, Hot Dog*” a novelty cartoon, and the Studio Murder Mystery.” REGENT THEATRE

The life story of a criminal lawyer is told in “The Mouthpiece,” which commenced a short season at the Regent Theatre to-day. The unusual title is derived from the main character, portrayed by Warren William, star ot “'Honor of the Family” and ‘ Skyscraper Smlls.” In certain circles a. lawyer whose practice consists in freeing ami assistin'* doubtful characters enmeshed in (Jie toils of the law is known as a “mouthpiece.” Warren William as Vincent Day, a brilliant young criminal lawyer, acquires this appellation when he gives up his usual law practice after an excess of prosecuting zeal on his part lias sent an innocent, man to the electric chair He takes the down grade and changes completely, his association with shady characters leading to the development- of a “legal-lcopliole” practice. Embittered and conscience stricken, he decides to spend the vest of hjs life getting" criminals free from the clutches of the law. With every shady trick of his profession at his fingers’ tips he shamelessly wins cases for crooks with a bottle hidden between his law books to help him with his brilliant jury baiting. The wealthier he grows the move dissipated and ironic he becomes. Two women come into his life. One, an innocent little typist (Sidney Fox), he finishes by loving; the other is his silent, impressed secretary (Aline MacMahon), who loves--him without hope and eventually ; achieves his regeneratiop. “Tennis Technique” as demonstrated by William T. Tildcn will he repeated this evening. An illustration of “Niblick Shots”- by Bobby Jones, a novelty cartoon, a newsreel, and two comedies are also included in the fenturettes.