AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19026, 28 May 1936, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATRE LAST NIGHT OP THRIHLER Violence, intense emotional drama, spontaneous humour and romance are. tightly packed in the speedy sequences of '‘Show'Them No Mercy!” which reveals the new underworld terror in America’s fight to wipe it out. The film tells of what happened to Rochelle Hudson and Edward Norris when they unwittingly went to the hide-out of a gang. This thriller will bo screened again to-night, and at 10.30 a.m. and 2 p.m. to-morrow.

-To-morrow: Shirley Temple Again— One br the greatest attractions in the film" .world last year, Shirley Temple, appears in the leading role of “Captain January,” which will open a season at the King’s Theatre at 5 p.m. to-morrow. This talented actress holds many records for the size of the audiences which see her pictures and for takings, and her films are improving noticeably. “Captain January” is claimed to Be tier best to date. The little' girl whose part she takes is a passenger on board a ship Which is wrecked, and she is rescued by a kindly lighthouse keeper, who takes care of her and brings her up. Her life is completely happy until an officer from the vessel turns up and takes her back to relatives whom she neither knows 'nor likes. The solution comes when she is returned to her friend of the lighthouse.

REGENT THEATRE “MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY" TO-MORROW "Mutiny on the Bounty,” commencing tomorrow at. the Regent, is a picture which can be recommended without hesitation. It is a tale of the adventures which befcl the officers and crew of the Bounty, which started out on a scientific expedition to the South Seas last century.' Mutiny broke out as the ship entered southern waters, and the captain, Bligh, and a number of his followers were cast adrift in an open boat 4QPO miles from land. Showing amazing endurance, Bligh took his craft safely to port and vowed to hunt down his rebellious crew. Those on the boat, meanwhile. found themselves a delightful island where they settled down, hoping to live a. life of ease, and quiet for tho rest of their clays. Their dreams were rudely shattered when Bligh appeared on the scene bent on seeing them all hanged, according to the law of the sea. Charles Laughton plays the part of Bligh, and ho does so with credit. Clark Gable makes the part- of Fletcher Christian a live and attractive one, and Fraiichot Tone pleases with his study of the young midshipman Ryam. “Ah, Wilderness” ends its Gisborne season to-night.

MAJESTIC THEATRE EXCITING DOUBLE BILL TOMORROW An amazingly vivid and graphic picture of Ihe thfills, adventures and perils encountered by a pair of rouseabout d4ep-sea divers is to be shown to-morrow oh the screen of the Majestic Theatre. It is called “The Best Man Wins, and stars those two rollicking screen he-men Edmund Lowe and Jack Holt. This thrilling new screen fare is entertainment of an original and refreshing type, combining the diverse elements of sharp wit, boisterous action, undersea thrills that are unsurpassed for gripping excitement and striking beauty', and a tense dramatic theme.’ The queerest use to which arrows' have ever been put is id the new Columbia mystery thriller, “Guard That Girl',”' which will be seen as the second feature. In' this case they are fused as lethal weapons by a modem murderer in a modern setting. Robert Allen lias tho unpleasant, job of trying to figure out from where and in which direction the next, and potentially dbath-dealing, arrow will fly. ’ ‘‘‘Millions 'in the. Air” . and “It s a Great Life” conclude to-night.