The World of Motion Pictures

Southland Times, Issue 25302, 4 June 1935, Page 5

The World of Motion Pictures

THE CIVIC Now Showing: “Let’s Live To-Night” (Lilian Harvey, Tulllo Carmlnatl, Janet Beecher, Hugh Williams. Tala Blrell). Commencing Wednesday: ‘The White Parade’* (John Boles, Loretta Young. Dorothy Wilson, Muriel Kirkland. Joyce Compson). Commencing Saturday: "Broadway Bill” (Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy. Helen Vinson, Walter Connolly). Coming Attractions: Double Feature Bill "Helldorado” (Richard Arlen, Madge Evans, Ralph Bellamy. Henry B. Walthall. James Gleason) and "Gambling (George M. Cohan. Wynne Gibson, Dorothy Burgess): "Kentucky Kemals (Wheeler and Woolsey); "Stingaree (Irene Dunne. Richard Dix. Mary Boland, Conway Tearle, Henry Stephenson). ,

Lilian Harvey and Tullio Carminati are the stars of “Let’s Live To-night.” now at the Civic. The film is a romantic comedy-drama by Bradley King which Gene Markey adapted to the screen. It tells the story of an eager young American girl, summering in Monte Carlo, who falls in love with a man she believes to be a poor but honest gigolo. A rather poignant theme develops when she discovers that he is a wealthy, debonair man-of-the-world preferring to love often but not too strongly. Disheartened, she encourages a younger and more romantic suitor, only to find that he is the brother of her desired Don Juan.

“The White Parade,” an absorbing and human story of the nursing profession, will star to-morrow at the Civic. Writing, of this fine production, a North Island critic said: There is something in “The White Parade’ that seems to have the power of bringing a lump to one’s throat at all sorts of unexpected moments. It is one of the most human documents ever written for the screen, dealing, as it does, with the training periods and the lives of nurses. There is a romance, running through the film—that of a young trainee and a millionaire. The girl is a born nurse, and, rather than give up her work on behalf of suffering humanity, refuses an offer of marriage, deciding instead to make nursing her life’s work. There is something about the scene in which she makes her final decision that has a decided effect or. every member of the audience. Loretta Young, at her best, and John Boles have the leading roles and there is a brilliant supporting cast. Particularly good is Jane Darwell as a buxom, strict, but wonderfully understanding old nurse, the favourite of the hospital.

“Broadway Bill,” coming to the Civic on Saturday, is a lomantic comedy in which Warner Baxter plays a reckless, lovable rouseabout, and Myrna Loy is a horse-loving feminine counterpart of him. The role gives this clever actress a fine dramatic opportunity, and something entirely different from “The Thin Man,” and other parts she has played lately. Others in the cast of this Capra picture are Lynne Overman, Walter Connolly, Raymond Walbum, Margaret Hamilton, Douglas Dumbrille, Charles Levision. Helen Vinson, and Frankie Darro. The picture is based upon a short story by Mark Helinger. Robert Riskin wrote the screen adaptation. Much of the action of the picture is of an exciting nature, and included in the film is a thrilling picture of a race meeting in which the producers have caught the atmosphere of suspense with remarkable success.