ENTERTAINMENS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3794, 12 August 1936, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENS

REGENT THEATRE. AGAIN TO-NIGHT. “SO RED THE ROSE.” “So Red the Rose,” Paramount’s stirring adaptation of Stark Young’s novel of the same name, opened last night at the Regent Theatre. Margaret Sullavan is the star, and the supporting cast includes such wellknown names as Walter Connolly, Randolph Scott, Janet Beecher, Elizabeth Patterson, Harry Ellerbe, and the child actor, Dickie Mbore. “ So Red the Rose ” is a story of the United States South, a romantic and poignant account of those turbulent days of the war between North and South of the United States. More than that it reveals the ideals and hopes and bravery of a gentleSouthern family when the clarion call of strife made men and women array themselves on the side of duty, sure of the righteousness of their cause. It is the story of a young girl’s love for a man, a man who hesitates to answer the fighting call of his people, and who, in his efforts to do what he believes is right, is even willing to sacrifice love on the altar of his beliefs. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. “ MOONLIGHT ON THE PRAIRIE.” They’ve always, semi-facetiously, been called “horse operas.” But since the silent cinema days when Westerns were the movie top-liners of Hollywood, nobody ever associated any sort of music with these pictures unless the symphony of horses’ hoofs and banging six-guns could be so considered. Now that there is a real revival of interest in Western stories, as evidenced by the popularity of magazine fiction of that type, Warner Bros, have produced a new type of Western film in “ Moonlight on the Prairie,” which comes to the Regent to-mor-row and Friday. The theme song of “ Moonlight on the Prairie ” was composed by a pair of veteran western lads, Bob Nolan and Vernon Spencer. This pair of singers and composers of ranch songs, who are members of the radio-famous “ Sons of the Pioneers,” are chiefly celebrated within the last year for their hit song, “ Drifting Along on a Tumbling Tumble-Weed.” Another song in the picture is “ Covered Wagon Days,” written by M. K. Jerome and Joan Jasmyn. Both are sung by Dick Foran, the new cowboy star. “ Moonlight on the Prairie ” is a thrilling romance of the “ Old West,” with plenty of hard riding, fast action, and a stirring plot. Others in the cast besides Foran include Sheila Mannors, George E. Stone, Joe Sawyer, Gordon Elliott, Joseph Kmg, Robert Barrat, and Dickie Jones. EMPIRE THEATRE. NEXT WEEK-END. “EXCLUSIVE STORY.” Patrons of the local Empire Theatre next Friday, Saturday and Mon day will see popular Franchot Tone in a delightful role in the M.G.M. comedy drama, “Exclusive Story,” a bright production of merriment, action and fun, described as a fast moving newspaper story of superlative interest. With Franchot Tone are Madge Evans and Stuart Erwin as leads, and they are well supported. Ihe usual highly-interesting Metro supports go to make the programme a decidedly entertaining one.