AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18758, 15 July 1935, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE SPECTACULAR DRAMA One of the most spectacular dramas seen in recent years is “Cleopatra.” the first feature at- the Majestic. Truly amazing are Caesar's triumphal procession through the streets of .Rome with trumpets, captives and chariots, the lofty splendor of the Roman baths, Cleopatra’s barge with its burnished poop and beaten gold, its harps and feathers and toiling oars, the banquets and dances, the scenes of war on land and sea. with catapults and battering rams, and galleys showering fireballs. It is the greatest love story of the ages —Cleopatra, divinely beautiful, and Antony. Roman general, forgetting all the world in the mad ecslacy of their infatuation. All the grandeur that was Rome, all the glamor that was Egypt is spread upon the screen in this amazing achievement. Claudette Colbert, Warren William, and Henry AVilcoxott head a cast of thousands. Should a wife give up her husband to another woman if she is guaranteed another husband just as good? That is the unique situation in the domestic problem that besets Genevieve Tobin and Edward Everett- Horton in Universal’s sophisticated comedy-drama, “Uncertain Lady,” which is the second feature. —Next Wednesday’s Programme— Next Wednesday “The Biography ol a Bachelor- Girl,” with Robert Montgomery and Ann Harding, will commence at the Majestic. Plans are now on view at the Regent booking olliee. REGENT THEATRE “CLIVE OF INDIA” One of the most popular actors on ihe screen, Ronald Column, gives a characteristic portrayal in “Clive of India,” which heads the entertaining programme attracting large audiences at the Regent Theatre. One of the latest twentieth Century productions, it- is a .Hiking example of modem technique. The picture has omitted nothing that is miportant in tracing the rise to fame if Clive, an ambitious young clerk in she East India Company. Practically .gnoring all the pompous merchants and imid. inconsequent- officials, lie finally gains for Britain her most prized posses--.ion. Snell notable scenes as the siege ■ f Triehinnpoly, the Black Hole of Cal■iill.i and the crossing of the river in i monsoon before the battle of Piassey have ail been faithfully reproduced and combine to make the, picture one of the ■ uost entertaining presented in Gisborne for some considerable time. There is a particularly strong east. including Loretta Young, C. Aubrey Smith and Colin Clive. There is a wide selection if shorter films, including a particularly attractive musical featurette in full colors, “Babv Blues,” and also the first •olored Mickey Mouse cartoon, “The .‘land Concert,’’ KING’S THEATRE POPULAR 'TEAM IN “MY HEART IS CALLING” I * m ~,1 fi , }«•:. j{£. No .Jan Kiepura would now be complete without the presence in the cast if that delightful provider of nonsense, 'oimie Hale. Having appeared with the singing star in. Ins last two .hits, " I ell Me To-night-” and “Alv Song For Aon,” Gauiiiont-Brihsh wisely chose him to play the. part of Kiepuras, manager again in “My Heart is Calling” which is screening at the King’s Theatre. Hale has. by this, become one of the most popular personalities in British lilms. and has had an interesting and •olorfut career. The glorious singing of one of the greatest vocalists of the day, •lan Kiepura. in the film “Alv Heart is Calling,” is delighting the large audiences this picture is attracting. In this production is presented some of the world’s best music against a pleasing I'.arkgromid of light-hearted comedy and gaiety. The artists mainly responsible lor the wide appeal made In "My Heart is Calling." .lan Kiepura and Sinnie Hale, are assisted by a talenled east which includes Maria FggoriT, whose voice is equally as pleasing as that of the principal. The charm of the Mediterranean setting in “Let’s Lite To-night.” which opens on Wednesday at- the King’s Theatre, provides an -entrancing background for the captivating love story the tfilm, unfolds. Co-starring Lilian Harvey and Tull in Carminati, fresh from his triumph in “One Night- of Love,” “Let’s Live To-night” is a delightful entertainment. CHORAL SOCIETY CONCERT A scrutiny of the programme for the Choral Society’s concert to-night will convince intending patrons that it should he one of the best productions that has been, put on for some years. The part songs are bright and tuneful, and under, ihe baton of Mr. Wilfrid Kolm, the choir has shown considerable improvement. The solo numbers are tastefully selected, and of the two vocalists. Miss Glseu lias not been heard from the local platform previously, while Air. Russell l.aurinson has many public performances to his credit in the main centres. The Beethoven .Sonata by the Rev. Mr. .Moresby and Mr. E. W. Allot! will be another item that should delight lovers of classical music.