AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18360, 31 March 1934, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

EEGENT THEATER LAST NIGHT OF “HAYSEEDS” Cecil Kellaway has ’plenty of scope for kindness and humor in “The Hayseeds,” which concludes to-night. He is “Dad,” anil the story opens on his farm on a peaceful Sunday. Presently this peace is broken by a group of hikers who decide to camp for luncheon. Dad rushes down to the interlopers, declaring that they are disturbing his precious stock. lie is, however, pleasantly surprised to find Pa Townleigh (Kcnnth Brampton) a really good sort. Deciding that there is something to be said for city ’people, Dad becomes quite friendly. When the Townleighs return to the city they invito the Hayseeds to visit them, and then there is"all the fun of Dail and Mum (Katie Towers) at large in Sydney. —Marlene Dietrich, Monday.— “Song of Songs,” the talking film adaptation of the Hermann Sudcrmann literary classic, which is the Easier Monday attraction at the Regent, is a beautiful and artistic production, with a good story, and an abundance of tense situations. Marlene Dietrich, the exotic German star, has never been seen to better advantage than in this great drama. She gives a brilliant portrayal of a difficult, role. As Lily, a simple country girl, who arrives in Berlin after her father’s death, she is first seen working in her domineering aunt’s bookshop. There she meets a young sculptor, whose studio is opposite the bookshop. The sculptor, portrayed by Brian Ahenic, an English actor, induces Lily to ’pose for him, and soon they fall in love with each other. He is rather frightened by her expressions of never-dying love and desire of marriage and children because he .fools that such things would hamper him in his work. And so tho sculptor leaves her' and turns' her over to a rich German army baron who wants to make a lady ot her. I lie, nst of the film, dramatic, admirably acted, and full of brilliant scones, deals with the effect of this renunciation of the girl, and in this part of the picture Marlene Dietrich is at her best. Supporting her is a fine east, including Lionel A twill as tho baron, Alison Skip worth, who scores a great success a;: the tyrannous and drunken old aunt,' liardie 'Albright, and Helen Freeman. One of Franz Schubert’s most beautiful songs, “Hedge Roses,” is sung by the star, who also sings “Johnny,” a rhythmic jazz piece, which created a sensation in Germany when she sang it several years ago. There is a supporting ■programme of unusual merit. The box plans are at the theatre. MAJESTIC THEATEE TOM WALLS IN “BLARNEY STONE” “Tho famous Blarney stone, built into the castle on the site of an ancient stronghold, some 20ft from the top, is supposed to confer wonderful powers of persuasion on those who kiss it. This is the tradition oi the Blarney stone and it was with due and solemn rites that the parents of Tim Fitzgerald, m early boyhood, took their young hopeful to kiss the world-renowned stone. Just how this age-old belief was substantiated .is delightfully told in the latest British release at the Majestic, “The Blarney Stone,” with Tom Walls in the leading role, a character that must have been made for his unique talents. It is no exaggeration to describe this production as one of the most enjoyable and entertaining that has left British studios for a long time. In its conception the story is simplicity itself; in its atmosphere it. is thoroughly Irish and the settings and character delineations are faultless. The charru of the picture undoubtedly lies in the faithful portrayal by Tom Walls of the |ixg, good-natured, free-and-easy Irishman, exuding rich wit throughout, hnd whose irrepressible bonhomie makes him the prime, favorite. ' Blit _ every character is excellently taken, while the dialogue is outstandingly clever. Anne Grey, Robert Douglas and Dorothy Tetley are prominent in the cast. The second feature is “Whirlwind, ’ starring Tim McCoy. “The Phantom of the Air” serial will be screened to-day only. “The Blarney Stone” will be repeated on Monday and Tuesday. The plans are now open for Winifred Shottor and Owen Narcs in tho sparkling British musical comedy “Tho Love Contract.”