AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19377, 15 July 1937, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE “ROSE MARIE” CONCLUDES TO-NIGIIT “Rose Marie," which has broken all existing records at the Regent Theatre, concludes to-night. Jeanette MacDonald and Nelson Eddy have the leading roles. Under their magic spell the full beauty of "The Indian Love Call,” "Rose Marie, I Love You,”

“Song of the Mountics,” and other classics from the Herbert StothartRudolf Friml score live again. —To-morrow: Cecil Kellaway in “It Isn’t Done”-

“It Isn't Done,” which commences to-morrow, is the first Australian picture with an all-star cast. In it Is included the world-famous favourite of stage and screen, Cecil Kellaway, whose remarkable performance in "On Our Selection" and "Grandad Rudd" will not easily be forgotten. Co-starred with him is Shirley Ann Richards, the young ingenue who is taking Australia by storm. John Longdon, the young Englishman whose outstanding acting ability in “The Silence of Dean Maitland" will be remembered by all, is also starring in this picture. Others who give a remarkable performance are Harvey Adams, Nellie Ferguson, Campbell Copelin, and Bobbie Hunt, better known in- Gisborne as Eileen Collins, daughter of Dr. J. C. Collins. This is Australia’s best to date. Cecil Kellawav is a squatter who inherits a title and goes to England, where he finds many things just ‘‘aren t done, especially the use of some ‘ dinkum Aussie” ' expressions, which arc forcible but scarcely the thing in the best society. An excellent supporting programme includes the latest issue of the ‘‘March of Time.”

KING’S THEATRE “THE GREAT BARRIER”: EPIC OF THE C.P.R. LINE With the setting in the Canadian rockies in the gay ’nineties. GaumontBritish have produced still another great movie in “The Great Barrier, which will commence its season tomorrow at the King’s Theatre. Those who witnessed the preview yesterday, at the invitation of the management. of the theatre, came away convinced that the story and settings had been dealt with in a /me manner bv the British film company. The story opens with a scene of activity at “Moodyville.” a railway construction works camp run by the “boss,” Moody, a strong character portrayed by Roy Emerton. Richai d Arlen and Barry Mackay, as Hickey and Steve, then arrive on the scene and cross swords with Moody. Hickey, a gambler, is attracted by Mary Moody, dainty Antionette Collier, and later changes his mode of livelihood for Moody’s daughter, proving himself to be a worker and a leader of men Steve is not strong-willed and has an affair with a gold-digger at the “Rat Trap Saloon,” Lou. played by Lili Palmer, and she breaks up the friendship between the two pals in an underhand manner.

Drink-crazed, Steve later lets his friend down after they have undertaken a job together to spur the men on even' though the works were to continue during the winter months and blasting has to be carried out under treacherous conditions. Branded as “yellow,” he broods and then regains the friendship of Hickey when it is found that muskeg swamps, a combination of quick-sand and swamp, are making the route of the C.P.R. impossible. Another route has to be found or the. present work abandoned.

The surveyor. Major Rogers <J. Farrell MacDonald) is an old campaigner, and undertakes to find another pass through the mountains for the company. He is another strong link in an excellent cast and though dogged by misfortune by the dropping out. of men during the trek he carries on until in almost the last stages of exhaustion. Prior to that liickcy and Steve arc all who are left in the party and to save his comrades’ anxiety on account of shortage of food and shortage of time Steve, who has injured his leg, cuts the connecting rope and crashes to his death while negotiating a steep face in the mountains. Major Rogers almost loses his reason and Hickey takes the leadership. They follow a bird, for birds fly not over mountains, but through passes. The problem is solved and a smoke signal is sent up to break the news to the workers at Moodyville, who already have worked themselves lip to a riot and are in the act of manhandling Moody, who was considered responsible for the loss of v/ages through the stoppage of work. The work recommences and the C.P.R. goes through with the ever-pleasing finale that Hickey and Mary leave the town on a honeymoon trip.

The general atmosphere of the production was such that each member of the audience was transported into the heart of the Rockies and made to feel that they, too, were taking part in the construction work of the railway and living in the clear, open air of the mountains.

—.“Swing Time”: Last Night— The popular dancers, Fred. Astaire and Ginger Rogers, are seen to advantage in ‘‘Swing Time,” which concludes its season at the King's Theatre to-night. Several entertaining shorter films also are being screened.

MAJESTIC THEATRE “KEEP YOUR SEATS PLEASE” & “DOWN TIIE STRETCH”: LAST NIGHT One of the best English comedy farces to date, “Keep Your Seats, Please,” will be screened finally tonight at the Majestic Theatre with the associate picture, “Down the Stretch,” an American racing drama. —To-morrow: “Accusing Finger" and “Clarence” The extent to which circumstances can weave a noose around an innocent man's neck is dramatically portrayed in “The Accusing Finger," a tense drama of circumstantial evidence, which will commence at the Majestic Theatre to-morrow. With Paul Kelly as a ruthless public prosecutor who uses every legal device to rush men into gaol so that his perfect record for convictions can be maintained, “The Accusing Finger” shows how he himself is caught in a mesh of circumstances which place him in the shadow of ttic electric chair. Everybody’s in love in "Clarence"with the wrong person. Eleanorc Whitney, the daughter of the catty Wheeler family, is in love with an old man old enough to be her father. Her brother, Johnny Downs, is in love with the girl’s governess. The butler is in love with the maid, and the maid is in love with Johnny. Eugene Palletto is in love with his wife, but she does not believe him. It is up to

Roscoe Knrns, man-of-all-work in the Wheeler household, to straighten out this mess. This splendid comedy also will begin screening to-morrow at the Majestic.