AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19335, 27 May 1937, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE j TO-MORROW: ELEANOR POWELL | IN "BORN TO DANCE" "Porn to Dance," which commences its Gisborne season 10-morrow, sparkle-,. Eleanor LWell, dancing discovery "I some 18 months' .-.lauding. si have been l.or dance. T 'ase with whirl, si xecutos Ihe mosl intricate tap routines and the beauty of an impromptu soil of eccentric-pastoral dance which the storv causes her to do in Central Park, New York, should prove a source of delighi to audiences. Ihe smiling dancer makes Ihe film, (lisbonie audiences will remember "Broadway Melody of 19,%." in which Eleanor Powell made her screen debut. ( With Ihe notable exception of Robert Taylor, many of the casl of that delightful pi''; lure' are seen in "Porn lo Dance. There is once, again Sid. Silvers: you will remember him as tile gossip hawk "Snoop." who specialised in hiding behind boudoir doors to gel news for his column. This lime, as tho film as a naval background, he is east as Gunny Saks. a submarine man who has not seen his wife for lour vcars. Then there is Una Merkel. the telephone operator ol "Broadway Melody." now a nighl club proprietor! for "Born lo Dance" has produced a new and even faster wise-crack-ing operator. Virginia Ib'iice, the beautiful Aml rev of "The Creal Ziegfeld." plays the part of a musica comedy star, and Frances Lang ford and Buddy Ebsen are a pair of quarrelling lovebirds. The leading man is that lanky youth dames Stewart. A potty oflicer 'on the submarine, he meets Eleanor Powell, fresh from the country and bent on a stage career in New "i oik, rescues Virginia Prime's poodle from Ihe sea and as a result of newspaper publicity is thrown a good ileal into her companv. Alan Dineharl. cunning publicity manager of Miss liruee. throws her and "James Stewart together as much - possible. Consequently his romance with Eleanor Powell suffers. Stewart's ingenuous wavs and seini-sophisticatiou are carefully played up: the result is amusing. A "March of Time" short, a colour ' Travcltalk and "Master Will Shakespeare" are included in Ihe leatnrettes.

"Mama Steps tint" will com hide (o nighl.

KING'S THEATRE

"MAKE WAY FOR A LADY": LAST DAY A romantic hieji school gill, full ot lofty thoughts about love and duty and determined that her widowed lathe! rmisl marrv again whether ho waul- tool' not. is' the comedy-mainspring' ot "Make'Wav for a l.adv." IMCO Radios film with Herbert Marshall and Anne Shirley co-starred in a father-daughtei combination. Anne, as an up-to-date young lads devoted to her wealthy pub-lisher-father, overhears some misguided gossip about him which leads her to believe that it is her duty lo find him « suitable bride. From ibis starting point, the story progresses through a series of ludicrous complications. with the harassed and bewildered father finally taking up a real romance of his own in self-defence. The last screening takes plaee to-night. —To-morrow: Coronation Film and "His Lordship"—

To-morrow's programme will be headed by a complete film of the Coronation services and procession in London and another of George Arliss' amusing comedies. "His Lordship." An interesting innovation is the fact thai Arliss takes two roles in "His Lordship." Lord Duncaster and his I win brother. The story is a thrilling "one of international complications and running all through is an engaging note of romance and comedy. Chief among the supporting players is Bene Bay, who made such an impression in "The Passing of the Third Floor Back." Others in (he large supporting cast include Bomilly Lunge. Jessie Win tor and John Ford, "His Lordship" is a Gaumont-British product ion.

MAJESTIC THEATRE

' 'EARTHWORM TRACTORS'': LAST NIGHT "Eai'lhwoi'lil Tractors." Joe !•:. Brown's kites! c dy, which has been the delight of Majesl'ie Theatre patrons for the last tun days, screens .iuallv to-night. —To-morrow: "Amazing Quest" ami "Flying Hostess'' The amusing adventures of a young millionaire who is persuaded by hi, medical adviser to throw his wealth aside and step into Hie world to make his own living make highly diverting

light entertainment in "The Amazing Quest of truest P.liss." which will be the main attraction at the Majestic Theatre to-morrow. The Mm is adapted from the novel by I.'. Phillips Oppeit-

h« nu. ami a very successful attempt to reproduce the light-hearted atmosphere nf the original has been made. (Airy (Iran; and Marv Brian are the players. "Flying Hostess" is reported lo be one of the linesl aviation pictures yet produced. Filmed around ihe traus-confin-enlal air lines and the air hostesses who r ide the lug transport aeroplanes in America, the picture brim:-- lo the screen (he gll ins. the courage. :n)i] ihe daring of one of the newest and most modern p1,.,-es of life. The cast is headed by William Gargan, Judith I'.arrett. and Asfrid Allwyil. The picture also is scheduled for opening to-morrow.