AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19423, 7 September 1937, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

MAJESTIC THEATRE (LIVE BROOK IN "THE LONELY ROAD": JACK HOLT IN "END OF THE TRAIL" A welcome return to the screen is made by ('live Brook, the debonair English star, in "Lonely Road," (he new British production now at the Majestic Theatre. The film has an exciting and entertaining plot. Brook has the part of an ex-naval man, discharged because of a blunder, who finds himself mixed up with a gunrunning gang on a lonely part of the coast. He turns himself into an amateur secret service agent and works in co-ordination with Scotland Yard, with whose officials, however, he does not always see eye to eye. Previously he has been very unsuccessful in winning feminine hearts, but it is in a Leeds dance hall that he meets a pretty professional partner (Victoria Hopper), whose brother, curiously enough, is also involved in the gun-running racket. Jack Holf appears in the type of hard-hitting role which made him famous in "End of the Trail," the film of outdoor action and drama, which is the second feature. The picture is based KING'S THEATRE "BORDER CAFE" & "STRANGERS ON HONEYMOON" A colourful romantic triangle between a headstrong young New Englander, his former fiancee, and a Mexican girl whom he meets in a frontier "cantina." forms the love interest of "Border Cafe," RKO-Radio's new film drama With Harry Carey and John Beal sharing the top roles and Armida, the alluring Mexican dancer, in the feminine lead. Woven into this romance arc young Bed's regeneration at the hands of Carey and Armida and a spirited war against cattle rustlers. The story opens in a New England town when? Beal, son of a Senator, quarrels with his parents, and then shifts to the cattle country along the Rio Grande. Imbued with the atmosphere of the Mexican border and filled with thrilling situations and dramatic climaxes, the picture makes a strong appeal to fllmgoers of all • ages. Besides Armida. from the .stage Marjorio Lord makes her debut for HKO in the production, and .1. Carrol Naish, George Irving..Loona Roberts, Waller Miller and other favourites have important roles. "Border Cafe" headed the double-feature bill which began to-day a! the King's Theatre, the other principal attraction being "Strangers on Honeymoon." in which Hugh Sinclair and Constance ('uuiinings are at their best in a delightful romance, heightened by ingenious drama. The box plans have been opened for "Quality Street," the film version of the Ba'rrie play which has been playing extended seasons in the main centres. REGENT THEATRE "THE GREEN PASTURES": HALLJOHNSON CHOIR After much heralding, that highly controversial motion picture, "The Green Pastures," opened to-dav at the Regent Theatre. "The Green Pastures" is sure to arouse much discussion in Gisborne, just as it has done in every country overseas where it has been shown. Based on Marc Connelly's Pulitzer Prize-winning play. "The Green Pastures" is a visualisation of the American negroes' simple and ofttimes whimsically humorous conception of the great dramas of the Bible and the hereafter. The film baffles comparison. The author directed the film version of "The Green Pastures," which has been made by Warner Bros, on the same gigantic scale as "Captain Blood," "Anthony Adverse," and "The Charge of the Light Brigade," all successes of the last year in Gisborne. Twenty-five choruses are rendered by the HallJohnson Choir of (JO 'rich voices. Thirty of the actors and actresses in "The Green Pastures" film were also in the stage play, which enjoyed a run of five years on the American stage. The supporting programme is excellent. The Gisborne Ravage Club is holding its seventh korero of the season in the City Hall to-morrow evening and an enjoyable programme has been arranged.