ENTERTAINMENTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 52, Issue 3767, 10 June 1936, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

FINAL SCREENING TO-NIGHT. “ANNA KARENINA.” Greta Garbo, who plays the title role of “ Anna Karenina,” her 10th Anniversary , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture, now at the local Regent Theate, was born in Sweden on September 18th, 1905. She first drew the interest of film producers while she was employed as a hat model in a department store. She was discovered there by Eric Petschler, who gave her a screen test. At the time Mauritz Stiller was the leading director in Europe. He directed her in several pictures and then Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer took her to the United States. She was immediately recognised as one of the most magnetic personalities of the screen. The Garbo supporting cast is one of the largest ever assembled around the First Lady of the Screen. Heading it are Fredric March, her co-star; Freddie Bartholomew, who played the title role in “ David Copperfield Maureen O’Sullivan, May Robson, Basil Rathbone and 34 other well-known players. The settings, depicting Imperial Russia at the height of its splendour, were designed by Cedric Gibbons and his staff. Assisting in the production were three authorities on Russian affairs and customs, headed by Nathalie Bucknail, chief of M.G.M.’s research department, who is assisted by Count Andrey Tolstoi, a descendant of the famed novelist. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. “MEN WITHOUT NAMES.” Fred Mac Murray’s leading role in Paramount’s “ Men Without Names,” coming on Thursday and Friday to the local Regent Theatre, marks his third appearance under his Paramount contract. His two previous pictures were “ The Gilded Lily ” with Claudette Colbert, and “ Car 99.” In “Men Without Names ” Mac Murray plays the role of a member of America’s Department of Justice, who attempts to track down a gang of desperate criminals. How he accomplishes the task and wins the heart of a beautiful girl is Shown in the picture which Ralph Murphy directed. AT THE EMPIRE. NEXT WEEK-END. “ DON’T GET PERSONAL.” Every picture-goer knows and appreciate Jimmy Dunn and Sally Eilers, and therefore they should be interested in the offering at the Empire Theatre next week-end, when the Universal attraction, “ Don’t Get Personal,” with Sally Eilers, Jimmy Dunn, Pinky Tomlin, and Spencer Charters—a great quartette of funmakers—in the principal parts. It is a bright and enjoyable production, and is well supported with special featurettes.