AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18579, 13 December 1934, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE RUTH CHATTERTON AND GEO. BRENT IN “ FEMALE ” “ Female, ” with Ruth Chfttfbrtbn in the principal role, is the chief picture on the splendid programme at present attracting large audiences to the Regent Theatre. George Brent gives a sterling portrayal. Cast in the role of a woman who has a. business brain by day and ,n romantic taste at night, Ruth Chntterton is admirably suited. She owns a huge motor factory, and her employees are merely her industrial slaves; but she singles some of them out for personal favors at night, only 10 treat them with cold indifference again next morning.

—Ronald Colman in “Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back’’: Saturday—

T?onri Icl Colman, tho stollnr player in “Bulldog: Drummond Strikes 'Back,” which commences at the Regent Theatre next Saturday, gives another of his flawless performances as the redoubtable Captain Hugh Drummond. The hero faces his antagonists with a coolness that is remarkable, >,and on more than one occasion escapes when his life appears to be hanging in the balance. This comedv-drama keeps the audience either tense with excitement or rocking’ the seats with laughter. The long arm of con incidence is constantly in evidence, several persons disappearing mysteriously. It is a jolly adventure filled with breezy humor. ' Even the growing deputycommissioner of Scotland Yard, Inspector Nielson, played by C. Aubrey Smith, >is distinctly funny. He is so exasperated at Drummond’s energetic interest in the case that he instructs the Yard to arrest the amateur sleuth if he is found near Prince Achmed’s residence —and herein lies a tale. Charles Butterworth is cast in a role which gives him plenty of opportunities to show his skill as a comedian. The first half of the well-chosen programme include a Walt Disney cartoon, “Gulliver Mickey,” an organlogue, “Theme Songs of Yesterday, and interesting news items. Patrons are advised to book early, as a capacity house is indicated. KING’S THEATRE “AFTER TO-NIGHT”: STRONG DRAMATIC PRODUCTION Taking rank among the really strong dramatic productions of the current spason, RK O-Radio’s “After To-night,’ now screening at the King’s Theatre, presents captivating Constance Bennett in one of her greatest roles. Miss Bennett is miles away from the surroundings where she has won fame, the lux* urious settings of society and sophistication. The star enacts the part of an Allied spy whose beauty and charm win officer’s and war-time secrets, the latter being spirited away through underground channels to agents ot her government, Russia. Miss Bennett is first seen as a humble peasant- girl, then a night club singer in Vienna, where she barely escapes capture and death. Ordered closer to the front lines, she becomes a nurse in an Austrian base hospital. An officer she had met as a peasant girl is hot- on her trail, and the most dramatic sequences come in the shadow of Hie front lines and within the sound of big guns as Miss Bennett, enacting the role of Carla, is proved to b’e a spy. Captain Roland is the Austrian captain who has to choose between death for the girl he loves and dutv to his country. . -“The World Moves On”: Saturday- “ The World Moves On,” which comes to the King’s Theatre on Saturday, has a large east- of principals. Headed by Madeleine Carroll and Franchot Tone, the cast includes Reginald Denny, 'Siegfried Humana, Louise Dresser, Raul Roulien. Lumsden h) are. Dudley Digges. Jose Mojica, Frank Melton, Brenda Fowler. Russell Simpson, Walter Heft rail, Marcello Oorday, Charles Bastin, Barry Norton, George Irving, Ferdinand Scliumaiin-lleirik, Georgette Rhodes, IFalliwell Hobbes, Ivan Simpson, Frank Moran and 'Stepin Fetchit. “The. World Moves On” is a Fox film by Reginald Berkeley, author of the screen adaptation of “Cavalcade,” and is described as “the love story of a century.” It was directed by John Ford. MAJESTIC THEATRE “LOVE’S OLD SWEET SONG” AND “FOG” A most enjoyable double-feature programme is now being screened at the Majestic. John Stuart and Joan Wyndham are the. principal players m “Love’s Old Sweet Song,” which heads the programme. The interesting story that has been written round the famous old song is skilfully handled. The film unfolds an account of the consequences of an unhappy marriage. Some intensely dramatic situations are presented with "the restraint that is characteristic of British payers. There is a pronounced musical side to the production, beautiful melodies being skilfully introduced into the story. Miss Wyndham is unquestionably the dominating figure in the picture. A multi-millionaire afraid of death is strangled on the fogimmersed deck of a liner in “Fog,” a mystery thriller. Three murders are only a small portion of the breath-taking action which occurs in this unusual film. Donald Cook, Mary Brian, and Reginald Denny are featured in the leading roles. The box plans are now open for Joe E. Brown in “Broad Minded” and Frcdric March in “Merrily We Go to— —,” which will form the double bill at the Majestic next Saturday. OPERA HOUSE STANLEY McKAY’S COMPANY Mr. Stanley McKay’s brilliant Australian musical and comedy revue company, which becomes more popular with each successive production, is to present another new show, "See You Later,” at the Opera House to-night, and Mr. -McKay claims that in popularity it .will exceed the earlier productions of tHo season. Mr. Frank Perrin, the- clever English comedian, is n gfeat fun maker, and has his audience convulsed with laughter whenever lie appears, lie is ably assisted in the comedy line by Miss Nell Fleming, a charming American sonbrette, Mr. Teddy Stanley, the vc-st-pocket comedian, and Miss Dot Arnold. The Dickens impersonations by Mr. precl. Argyle. are a feature of the pro dilations, a new series of characterisations being presented with each change of programme. The songs by Mr. Victor Burke, Irish tenor, and Miss Rao Foster, soprano, are other bright spots, and the sketch work of Mr. Peril Perry reveals a polished artist. “Trnmpo,” the liolio on the clothes line, presents a remarkably clever specialty, and the Yodelling Newtons, the Three Alecs (crazy tumb ling clowns), Miss Tvy Ivel, the dainty contortionist, and Miss Esina Roach, a talented violinist from tho Adelaide Con-

servalorimn, combine in providing such fine entertainment that the evening passes almost too quickly. The children will he specially catered for on Saturday afternoon, when the Christmas pantomime, "Little .80-Peen,” will bo staged, with dainty Miss Nell Fleming as the little Arcadian shepherdess. Mr. McKay announces .that during the matinee several valuable prizes will he distributed among the young folk. The plans for all the performances are at Messrs. Tatter,sail and Bayly’s.