KING’S THEATRE

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

KING’S THEATRE

STAR OF MIDNIGHT”: LAST NIGHT

A mystery romance of modern New i York which appeared in serial form b the basis for R. K.0.-Radio’s latest success. "Star of Midnight." double starring William Rowell and Gitiget Rogers, which ends to-night at tin King’s Theatre. Rowell is a brilliant young lawyer who falls strangely into a -Sherlock Holmes part and then lias It. fight desperately for his own safely. Ginger Rogers is a youthful society gin whose interest in the mystery is largely due to her romantic interest in Powell. Other characters are also involved in the swift-moving events that stir society, flic .stage, and tnc police headquarters. —Two Features To-morrow — A particularly good double-feature programme to lie screened for the first time at the King's Theatre to-morrow will Im headed hy ‘ Jhe Silver Streak," an exciting ‘film. The story is cleverly conceived and is well presented, combining scenes of some of the greatest engineering achievements- of modern times, such as the Boulder Dam. the Moffett uinne). the Burlington Zephyr—which, is the fastest Diesel-engined train in the world--a ml the Drinker respirator. a life-saving device known as the

"iron lung." A newsreel which prescntei Ihosc would he one of unusual interest, hut they all form an integral part o liio film in so ingenious and natural : maimer as to make outstanding eider laininont. The acting is excellent, a lint cast being headed by Sally Blanc t harles Starrett and llardie Albright The second attraction will he "Tin Phautoii Light.” starring Minnie Hah and Gordon Marker.

GISBORNE REPERTORY SOCIETY tin no occasion lias an audience attending any of the Gisborne Repertory .Society's performances left the Opera House without the feeling that they have witnessed a first-class performance and one to which, were the society to repeat, the performance, they would willingly go again. The comments have always been that it is. a pity that there arc not more productions staged, and this is due entirely to the fact that the society cannot ask their performers to take up the whole of their time for the benefit of the public. Were the list of performing members larger, then undoubtedly the committee would he glad to fall in with the wishes of all and stage many more performances. One department to which the committee lias always given especial care has been the staging effects, and those who have had (lie benefit of seeing performances by similar societies all over New Zealand state that in no case have these effects compared with those of the Gisborne society. For the production, of ‘'Belinda.'' Mrs. It. G. Crawford, Mrs. M. W. Mills and. Miss l„ W. Bain are. with their assistants, responsible, under the direction of the producer. Miss Ellen Millar, for the stage and it is staled that, no Hot tor effects will have been seen. On Tuesday- night the Opera House promises to he tilled to capacity.