AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17952, 2 December 1932, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE

A capacity house at (lie presentation of “Paris” last evening, once again testified to the enormous screen following of .Tack Buchanan, the popular British star, and Irene Bordoni. The picture, will be screened again tonight. The two years which have marked Harold Lloyd’s absence from the screen have obviously not been wasted, for “Movie Crazy,” .which will have its New Zealand premiere presentation at the ,Regent Theatre tomorrow fairlv bristles with brand new

“gags.” all developed with that meticulous care which ensures audience reaction just as the right moment. Undoubtedly “Movie Crazy” is Harold Lloyd’s finest comedy production. Its humor is international. Those Dutchmen and Malays at D.jaekjakarta in the heart of Java who howled witli laughter at the antics of “ Grandmooders .Toiigen” (“Grandmother’s Boy”) and sad-laced Russian exiles who forgot their troubles in watching the pitfalls prepared by fate, for the earnest voting man in the spectacles and straw hat have another treat in store for them in “Movie Crazy.” The story in brief follows the fortunes —or should one say misfortunes —of Harold Hall, a smalltown youth who goes to Hollywood “Movie Crazy.” His ability for getting into trouble is bis chief disability. Energetically ho throws himself into strenuous preparation for an early rise to stardom. He crashes iu on a set and ruins the entire morning’s proceedings. Then lie meets “The Girl” (lovely Constance Cummings) and tries to put up the hood of her automobile in a thunderstorm, with hilarious results. He crashes in on a reception and dance given in honor of one of the film capital’s leading producers. His pathetic, anxiety to make the. grade wins hint the sympathy oi the producer’s wife, Louise ('lesser Hale (appearing in “Paris”). But while dancing with the lady lie turns the ballroom into a shambles . . . rabbits. chickens, eggs in extremity, rats and mice, escape from the pocket and sleeves of his coat, for he has accidentally put on the garment.j of a magician. Difficulty follows difficulty, and laugh follows laugh until the climax, it fight •scene which wrecks the studio. The supports will include Bobbv .Tones iu the fourth of his “How I Play Golf” series, a newsreel, a screen, song entitled “.Silvery Moon,” and a pictorial record of the 19J2 Melbourne Cup.

MAJESTIC THEATRE lit “So Bm,” which will conclude its season at the Majestic Theatre this evening. Barbara M.anwyek gives what critics declare to be one of the years best histrionic performances in the role of oelina Peake, the Dutch girl who met life so bravely. A powerful cast supports the star. ’ “Brown Sugar,’’ a British film of “a not co relined” chorus girl who marries into the English aristocracy, is the second attraction. A double feature programme at Hie Majestic Theatre cimimerasing on Saturday should suit all tastes. Mysteiy Ranch” is » stirring plot of frustrated villainy in Arizona. Steele, the owner of the ranch, is one of the old-time characters of Western fiction, the hall-.ludiau autocrat, who mercilessly crushes out all opposition lit his rocky kingdom. As Bob Sanborn, George O’Brien, an itinerant ranger, has been keeping the doings of Steele under bis eye, and a chatme meeting with the girl in the story, played by Vocilia Parker (who played opposite O’Brien in “Rainbow Trail,’’ a picture long remembered iu Gisborne), makes him decide to take immediate action. By reckless daring, Sanborn oui-nafvs to outwit the horde which forms Steele's bodyguard. The thrilling

cliase bv nandits and the final stand ot U e two fugitives form a thrilling climax. 'I he scenic views of Arizona form an; added attraction. The second feature h “The Missing Rembrandt,” the screen adaption of sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s mvstery thriller of the same name. Sherlock Holmes is represented in a masterly way bv Arthur Woiitner, an English character actor. The deductions and disguises of the blaster detective are u.i prisingly welt done.