AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18764, 22 July 1935, Page 5

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE ••FATHER BROWN' DETECTIVE” A character endeared to millions, the hooks of Gilbert K. Chesterton assumes real llesh and .blood and comes to lile on the screen in "Father Hrowii. Detective.” which is now showing at the Majestic. Theatre. As acted by Walter Connolly, he is the same amiable, eccentric and foxy old character who catches thieves with kind words and intelligence where the police of the world bad failed with their modern detection methods. The story of "Father Brown. Detective. is built about the Flying Star diamonds in Father Brown's possession and the efforts of Flambeau, notorious jewel thief, to get them. Although Father Brown bus the thiol well within his grasp several times, lie refuses to apprehend him and turn him over to the police until he has recanted of his own tree- will. Tile light for the diamonds thus resolves ilseit into a battle of wit and will, with a beautiful girl who loves Flambeau taking a baud in the tight. At last- Flambeau, convinced of the error of his evil waysgives himself up lively to the police hoping to recant his crimes and earn t fie respect of the girl he loves. Father Brown plays the double role ot sleuth and Cupid. Paul Lukas and Gertrude Michael are east in the principal supporting roles, and Robert. Loraine. I na O’Connor and Ualliwell Hobbes appear in the featured cast. There are a number of excellent pieturettes which appear during the first part of the programme.

REGENT THEATRE ‘•THE MERRY WIDOW” (lay Viennese iniisie. ( ‘out inenlal jovousness. Parisian revels, and charming old-world romance blend with massivi loeales in "The .Merry Widow.’ the Fran/. Lehar masterpiece, which opened on Saturday at the Regent Theatre, lie uniting Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, the picture is staged on a spectacular scale, its whimsical comedy, gay ,humor, and charming romance having a background of gorgeous settings and' hundreds of beautifully costumed players. The world-beloved music is presented on a, scale never possible, on the stage. Together the romantic pair sing stielt famous Lehy hits as ‘‘Girls. Girls. Girls." "To-night Will Teach Me to Forget," "Vilia.”

"Widows Are Gav." and “’Melody oi Laughter." and their rendition of the famous "Merry Widow Waltz." gives a new conception of this form of the dance. The splendor and impressive siz.e of the palace scenes, the colorful brilliance and sparkle of the Ambassador's Ball, and the sequence ;d Maxim's cafe in Paris with hundreds of darners and an orchestra of a hundred pieces, bring about, tin illusion of grandeur and richness the like of which lias not been seen on the screen for some lime.