AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19122, 17 September 1936, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE “WHOM THE GOBS LOVE’’ CONCLUDES: “COLLEEN” TOMORROW “Whom tho Gods Love,” starring Sir Thomas Beccham arid the London .Philharmonic Orchestra, Victoria Hopper, Stephen Haggard, and John Loder, will be shown finally at, the Regent to-night. The musical numbers in “Colleen, ’ which will be shown at- the, Regent Theatre tomorrow, tire- said to be the most, elaborate ever staged at- the Warner Brothers’ studio-. Two- of the largestsets ever built- on sound stages were used in the dance scenes. One, of them, a ship's ballroom, double companionway. and bar. was SCCft. long, while a modiste shop set- used in the production was throe storeys high and covered one entire stage. "The modiste number lias 150girls appearing in it. They dance on. a ramp which is completely surrounded by water. The picture is a stirring comedy romance. The cast includes’ Hick Powell, Ruby Keeler. Jack Gallic, Hugh Herbert-L-ouise- Fazenda, Paul Draper, and Joan Bloudell. Dick Powell plays the role, of nephew-guardian to a troublesome and eccentric uncle, wlu> lias a fondness lor women- that- leads him into all the scrapes imaginable. He also has the* habit of entering into involved business arrangements, and bis nephew is on bis toes all the time ill his efforts to guard his uncle's interests.

MAJESTIC THEATRE

“THIRTEEN HOURS BY AIR": j TO-MORROW “Thirteen Hours By Air, which begins a season at, the, Alajestic lhoatio to-morrow, is 1 after the style of tho popular “Friday the Thirteenth" in its general idea. Tho chief difference is that the people the story is abom are travellers in an aeroplane, instead ol passengers in a bus, and in working things out the authors, have allowed more action than there was in the other film. Only, about 12 persons are vitally concerned, and nst nearly everything that matters happens either inside the aeroplane or right alongside it, the eilect. has been to make the action highly concentrated and, of course, very easy to follow. The story goes into details which would seem to mark it as tho product of a more than usually vivid imagination, lhe most important character is Fred MacMnrray, chief pilot of a largo airways company. His pass or*, gers are a jewel thief, a detective, a girl who says she is prominent socially and is suspected of being prominent in America’s underworld, a nine-year-old heir to a fortune and Ills nursemaid, and another man. The girl who says she is prominent, socially has a very good reason for wanting to he in San Francisco by a certain time, and lhe ‘‘other man” has a very good reason for wishing her arrival to be delayed. They both make their wishes known to the pilot, but another agent, tho weather, finally decides whose wishes are lo be grantedThe aeroplane is forced down by a snowstorm in lonely mountainous country, and it is there that the action moves at its fastest. On tho same programme will be a comedy. “Nobody’s Fool,” featuring Edward Everett Horton.

To-night will bo tho last opportunity of seeing - at the Majestic Theatre “The Music Goes ’Hound and Around ”

KING’S THEATRE

SHIRLEY TEMPLE TO-MORROW “Special Investigator” and “Border Patrolman” conclude, at tho King’s Theatre to-night. Charming personality undoubtedly won the. hearts of film followers the world over when first little Shirley Temple came to the screen, but it is this attractive' asset along with her brilliant talent to entertain every class of audience that has carried the child to the top rank of popularity she holds to-day. In each successive film she appears to develop a new factor in her many and varied capabilities, so that one finds her in her newest picture, “Poor Little Rich Girl.” which opens at the King’s Theatre, to-morrow, imitating the flairs of other screen notabilities, principally Hie, crooning oi Ring Crosby. It is a picture of many songs, giving the diminutive actress ample opporlunity to amuse in hoi cleverest, style. At the outset, she is the 'daughter of ;i. wealthy father. Fairy stories hold a. particular interest- for her. and one fanciful adventure lends her to see Iho world for herself when her nurse is injured in an accident. .She meets an Italian organ-grinder, whom she, fancies as a, character from one of her bonks, and telling him she lias run away ironi an orphanage, finds a temporary home with his family. A young couple in tlm same apartment, finding if trying to obtain a radio engagement, observe :i novelty in training the child for thcii act, which they eventually sell to a snap concern, the only competitor of the child’s father. How the entertainment brings about a merger in more cases than one leads the. picture to a happy finale.