AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19199, 16 December 1936, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

KING’S THEATRE “POSTAL INSPECTOR” AND “CRASH DONOVAN” “Postal Inspector,” the l universal drama now at the King’s iheat.re, presents a stirring tale of a big mail robbery in U.S.A. The crime is committed, tne criminals hunted out, run down and captured while a flood is raging over the country. Ricardo Cortez as the inspector gives a convincing performance of « detective who gets his mail every Line. There is more than pulsing drama in “Postal Inspector,” although that quality alone makes the'film worth seeingThere is a love affair between a blonuo night club singer and a bank clerk which should satisfy the romantic mind. These characters are portrayed splendidly by Patricia Ellis and Michael Loving, a handsome newcomer to the screen who has achieved success on the stage. Another romance wings its way through thv story, taking place between Marla Shelton. as an airplane hostess, and Henry Hunter, who is seen as a pilot,. Comedy is well sprinkled through the picture, most of it being developed by Dave Oliver, assistant inspector who gets himself tangled up with several humorous gadgets that were sent fraudulently through tiie mail. Bela Lugosi gives a thoroughgoing portrayal as the menace, a night club owner who plans and executes the robbery. Thrills and dangers in the lives of motor cycle patrolmen form the background of "Crash Donovan.” the second feature, in which Jack Holt, is presented as a member ol the California Highway Patrol. The picture is timely, since it is shown in I.he midst of the present campaign for safe driving on the highways. —Friday: “Bride Walks Out”— Barbara Stnuwiok s new starring vehicle. "The Bride Walks Out." which starts at the King’s Theatre on Friday, finds spirited comedy in the fireworks* filled love of a young married couple whose fights over budget trouble assume hostile proportions when a millionaire playboy becomes attracted to the wife. Gene Raymond and Robert 3 oung have the male leads, and Helen Broderick and Ned Sparks arc wife and husband respect i velv.

REGENT THEATRE “THE AMATEUR GEHT.’LEMAH” The rustic -beauty of that part of the English countryside which is associated villi (lie Quakers since the days ol the Pilgrim Fathers and with the name ol ihe immortal Milton, was the setting chosen for the exterior scenes of “'lhe Amateur Gentleman." now showing at the Regent. Ohenis. Chalfont, St. (files, and Latimer, old world villages in the loveliest part of Buckinghamshire, have remained almost unchanged for the past, two centuries. Here Douglas Fairbanks, jun., and Gordon Marker, principal actors in the location scenes, have played their parts in surroundings exactly appropriate to their characters of Barnabas Baity and Natty Bell in the Regency period of the story. I here is it requisite maturity in these old houses, mills, bridges, and streets dial no studio sets could supply. The action of lbene scenes is concerned with liariiahas’ journey to London, accompanied by his old friend. Natty Bidi. Ihe start, of his adventures in his quest to-become a "gentleman. They drive in a curricle—a- vehicle considered in those days the only equipage worthy of a smart voting man. This (as other antique vehicles of the period used in the film, such ns coach, barouche and landau), was found in an ancient livery stable now turned into a garage. Their authenticity was highly valued by the producers of Ihe film. As Fairbanks and Marker bowled merrily through the

village of Latimer, clad 'in their high hats and vvide-ca.pcd cloaks, all the windows in the main street were tlung open and inquiring heads popped out.. The inhabitants wondered whether the clock had boon turned hack a century. As a concealed camera was at, work, this sudden interest unfortunately, spoiled the scene, and a door-to-door visit hail to be paid by the assistant director to restrain the audience from its definitely “nut of period” participation in “The Amateur Gentleman.”