AMUSEMENTS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19915, 18 April 1939, Page 3

AMUSEMENTS

REGENT THEATRE

YOU CAN’T TAKE IT WITH YOU”

The Academy Award winner, "You Can’t Take It With You," is drawing record business to the Regent Theatre and intending patrons are advised that it is still necessary to reserve seats. The motion picture is blessed with a series ol’ superb characterisations. Lionel Barrymore breathes the breath ol gusty life into the person of Vanderhof himself The old man is a flimsy sentimentalist, according to the standards of the market-place; and a routine acto* could have made him seem deplorable. But Barrymore brings a certain ruggedness to the part, an almost incredible keenness, as of a ) genial old hawk, which justifies Vanderhof's way of life to the utmost Then there is Edward Arnold, as Vanderhof’s antithesis, the moneygrubbing Mr. Kirby. For purposes of dramatic contrast, the screen play makes Mr. Kirby lead u particularly bleak and friendless life. Arnold, whose personality seems fundamentally comfortable and genial, has difficulty in fitting himself into this austere mould, but he does it, and Mr. Kirby becomes a dominating feature ol the story. James Stewart and Jean Arthur, as the young lovers, exemplifies Frank Capra s extremely naturalistic way of dealing with dialogue. Their mumblings and murmurings of humorous nothings arc strangely endearing, and they make the two characters vividly real. Again and again throughout “You Can’t Take J.t With You" thspectators have (o listen haul m order to hear what is being sail. Among the array of mad people in the Vanderhof household.. Sp: mg Byington, as "Penny.” and Mischa Auer, as the argumentative Russian, can be taken as first-class samples. The season will conclude on Ihursday. —Coining Friday: “Gold is Wlicic You Find It” — An elaborate drama of the bitter tends which raged between the wheat farmers and the hydraulic miners -in the Sacramento Valley toward the end of last century, the all-Techni-colour Warner .Bros.' production, "Gold Is Where You Find It, win begin a season at the Regent Theatre on Friday. The capable cast includes several of the players who gamer, such a notable success in "1 ne Actventures of Robin Hood. Olivia I-lavilland, as the beautiful daughtei of a rancher, succeeds in making simplicity intelligent, a rare feat from a very promising young acticss Claude Rains, as a stubborn but likeable young farmer, gives another of the penetrating, impressive performances that have come to be expected of him. He appears as iht leader of a group of ranchers which for years has been engaged in fighting " the hydraulic miners in an attempt to stem the flow ol mud. rocks and debris which is inundatin', the wheat lands from the sluicing operations. The story moves rapidly mostly in outdoor settings, and contains" a thrilling sequence when a dam is blasted with dynamite. . spectacle rendered more thrilling b\ the vivid colour in which the picturi !S filmed. Interesting supporting films also will be shown.

MAJESTIC THEATRE “PARIS HONEYMOON” AND “EVERY DAY’S A HOLIDAY” Two musical comedies of widely different themes yet each replete j with a great cast of popular stars wit be presented to-day. "Pushtalnick,” land of roses and beautiful maidens, which unfortunately linri: no place on any map, is the locale to: the gay goings on, high comedy ant splendid music in "Paris Honey moon,” Paramount’s Bing Grosb; comedy which will head the doubk bill. To "Pushtalnick” Crosby goe: to arrange for his honeymoon m a:, ancient castle with Shirley Ross, ; divorcee who lacks but a divorce U make her Crosby’s bride. There In meets—and loses his heart to —lovely Franciska Gaal, a peasant girl. Ma: being by nature a monogamous animal this precipitates a situation which i not alleviated by the fact that Fran ciska is also the beloved of Akin TamirofT. But it works out—Crosby sees to that —with plenty of comedy and good music in the process, tin songs being: “The Funny Old Hills.' “I Have Eyes,” “You’re A Sweet Lilli - Headache" and “Joobalai.” Mac Wes is a belle of the ’nineties again is "Every Day’s a Holiday,” the associalfcature. Miss West plays the part o a cabaret entertainer whose difficulties with the police force her to leave the city and return in disguise as "Mlle. Fifi, the toast of Paris.” WhetLloyd Nolan, a crooked and schcminj police inspector tries to close her show after recognising 'her, she runs he: detective boy friend, Edmund Lowe against him for mayor of the city ane wins the election in a landslide Charles Winninger plays the role o a confused “sugar daddy” who back: Miss West’s show. Charles Butterworth, Walter Catlett. Louis Armstrong and his orchestra and a him dred dancing girls and specialty per formers are in the supporting cast.

KING’S THEATRE

TOM WALLS IN “CKACKERJACK M Y STER Y 151 It IL LER

Following upon his success in "Strange Boarders," Tom Walls returns again to thy screen in another thri iling mystery story, “Crackerjack." In "Strange (Boarders” lie played a. Secret Service man, but in “Crackcrjaej*," which comes to the King's Theatre to-day. he will be Raffles-eum-'Robin Hood opposite the ■Austrian actress, Lilli Palmer. London is thrilled b.v the daring exploits of this modern .Robin Hood of

crime, known as the "Crackerjack." Elusive, dangerous, lie wages war on the underworld, steals from the rich to give to the poor, absconds with the famous iHumbold pearls, and after many hair-raising adventures, round - up a notorious gang of criminals. II is claimed to be one of Tom Walls' best films. <An excellent supporting cast includes 'Lilli Palmer, as the heroine, and Noel Madison as the leader of the gangsters.