AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 18975, 27 March 1936, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

KING'S THEATRE "I DREAM TOO MUCH" following alter such renowned artists as Crave Moore and Mary Kills, and in ihe male line. Lawrence Tibhetl. Nino .Martini and others, vet another singer from the Metropolitan Opera House. Lily Pons, is appearing on the screen in '(lisborne in "1. Dream 100 Much." now at the King's Theatre. A coloratura suprai ' pre-eminent quality. -Miss Pons has sung with .success in' |,oil, Paris and New York, chielly in grand opera. "I Dream Too Much follows the well-tried theme of the , n . a dual rise to success of an operatic si„,.er. but. departs Iron, the usual end- ;„>, in that the successful artist, played by Miss Pons, gives up her singing In share a home with the faithful sweetheart who has watched her advance furihev and further beyond, him. the Bel Son- from "Lakme" by Delibcs and '■('.,Vo Nome" from "Rigoletto. m addition to a number of pleasing modern 'eompositions. are included in Miss Pons selections, cadi song exhibiting the remarkable range, clarity and resoiianci of her voice. REGENT THEATRE "ANNA KARENINA" A picture that must be considered one 0 f those rare occasions when everything comes up to expectations is 'Anna k renina!" now at the Regent, the film version of Leo Tolstoy's tamous book. Though the players chosen for the principal parts, Creta Garbo and E ed \hurb. must account, for part of tIM i.lm's success, the essentials ol a tJieat "tu re are to be found in the story and I the production, wind, has been very .sympathetic. The supporting cast has h',.,,, ehosen with every care to the HeUlW |s of the story. In Basil I athbone. "„„„.«.„ (('Sullivan. Freddie P.ar holo- ;,„„,, ill){ | Mav Rohson there are players, .•ho strengthen the film rather than just form a complement for it. The d.rection | ils heen unifornilv sound; under it tin ~-hule of Tolstov's intensely moving , lnuna ...nerges unscathed. Indeed the meture, though faithful to the stoiy, is actually easier to see than the translated version of the book was to understand. •,,, then the reader had to acquire a vmwathv i" the atmosphere that was foreurn to him; but the film version draws the audience into the atmosphere .vitlioiit any mental effort on their pact. MAJESTIC THEATRE -.BROADWAY GONDOLIER" Dick Powell, the attractive young singing star who first won screen nomiurs in "4211(1 Street" and then was starred in many later musical, is_ said to a ,ld even more to his reputation 111 Ibe Hroadwuy Gondolier." which commenced a season'af the Majestic Theatre to-day. UKe me highly successful •'lweuty Million .Sweethearts." this film is based Oil radio entertainment, and does not rely „n lavish and si mewhat tiresome settings and dance scetias for its screen value. Powell sings several new songs 111 HIS smooth and pleasing voice, and sueh well known radio stars as the tour Mills Brothers ("four hoys and a guitar ), the t'anova Hillbillies and Ted Fiorito and his band appear with him. The story is novel and filled with comedy and pleasing romance. Powell, cast as a taxidriver with ambitions to become a radio singer, is helped along by Joan Blpndell, secretary to the head of a national radio station.' Rut there are misunderstandings, and Powell is reduced to imitating animals in the children's hour, and throws up the position in disgust .Miss Bloudell goes to Italy With Louise Fa/.enda in search of a singer with romantic appeal, and Powell follows. He is beard singing on a gondola in Venice and is engaged. Miss Bloudell does not give him' away, and he goes to New York, eagerly awaited by all the ladies, who believed the press stories about his being a romantic gondolier. Also in the cast are Adolphe Men.jou, William Oargau and George Rarbicr.