MAJESTIC THEATRE

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19107, 31 August 1936, Page 5

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“SINGING KID” AND “MEN OF THE HOUR”: TO-MORROW

“The Singing Kid,” commencing! tomorrow at the .Majestic, is a picture that combines hilarious comedy with heartthrobbing drama. The story concerns a Broadway entertainer who loses his voice after his fiancee and his manager have robbed him. He recuperates at, tin outdoor camp and falls desperately in love with a real girl, only to find that the course of trno love never did run smooth, for upon finding that lie has instigated the purchase ot a play she has written she jilts him. However, everything ends in tiie approved manner when the entertertainer returns to Broadway in tv blaze of gloi’y, bis true love by his side. The brilliant cast includes Sybil . Jason, f lie popular baby star, Beverly Roberts, Edward Everett, Horton, Lyle Talbot, Allen Jenkins, Claire . Dodd, Jack Durant, Frank Mitchell. Joseph King, A 1 Jolsoti, and the Yacht Club Boys. The spectacular speciality numbers and catchy new ami popular tunes should combine with an absorbing love, drama to make this picture live in one’s memory for many a (jay. There will be a good supporting feature. “Men of the Hour,” with Richard Cromwell and Wallace Lord. Warner Baxter is starred in “Robin Hood of El Dorado,” which ends its season to-night, KING’S THEATRE “LITTLE MISS NOBODY” One of the most promising child actresses appearing on the screen to-day, 1 Jane Withers, has the lead in “Little Miss Nobody,” which heads the programme concluding to-night at the King’s Theatre. In the part of a nameless orphan with an infinite capacity for getting into trouble, this clever child gives one of her best performances to date. One ol the most humorous interludes in the film occurs when the mischievous little girl steals a complete dinner lYom the back of a grocery wagon so that the children at the orphanage will not go hungry on Thanksgiving Day. Supporting roles are equally well portrayed by a talented cast, including Jane Harwell, Ralph Morgan and Sara linden. The new programme to-morrow will he headed by “Love on a Bet” and “The Last Outlaw.” The perennial romantic problem, “Should a girl marry a man for his money,” receives an astonishing and entertaining treatment in “Love on a Bet,” Oene Raymond s new featured comedy. A debutante has a millionaire until Raymond unleashes a unique, but irresistible courtship which convinces her that it is better to marry a merry pauper Ilian a dull and moneyed stuffed shirt, Wendy Barrie has the female romantic lead, with crick, who scored in “Top Hat,” cast as a comedienne.

The Poverty Bav Rowing Club will hold another of its popular dances in the clubhouse this evening. The trophies won during tlio sciison ft rowing \\ ill bo presented to-night.