ENTERTAINMENTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3801, 28 August 1936, Page 12

ENTERTAINMENTS

AT THE REGENT. FINAL SCREENING TO-NIGHT. “TOUGH GUY.” Like father, like son—the old adage holds good on the canine family tree, and certainly so far as goes the progeny of Rin Tin Tin, famous dog star of silent pictures. The last of his tribe, Rin Tin Tin Jr., is now following in his father's footsteps as an actor, and is playing his first importSt role in “Tough Guy,” with Jackie oper and Joseph Calleia. the Metro-

Goldwyn-Mayer picture now at the Regent Theatre for its final screening to-night. Despite the many who believe they have relatives of his, these relatives in reality are said to be very few indeed. Lee Duncan, owner and trainer of both the present Rin Tin Tin and his father, enumerates them. One of Rin Tin Tin’s sons is owned by Greta Ga,rbo.

SATURDAY AND MONDAY. “CAPTAIN BLOOD.” Daring and debonair Peter Blood, immortalised by the novel of Rafael Sabatini, has been brought to life on the screen bv Cosmopolitan Productions in “Captain Blood,” a mammoth production which comes to the Regent Theatre on Saturday and Monday as a First National release. The gentleman pirate of fortune is portrayed

by Errol Flynn, a young Australian comparatively new to films but who won this role, considered one of the most important of the year, over a score of famous actors after a series of screen tests. Tall, broad shouldered, handsome, with a dashing and magnetic personality, Flynn Was lived something of the life of Peter Blood, not as a pirate, but as the soldier of fortune, for he has sought adventure all over the world. The leading lady, portraying a beatutiful noblewoman who falls in love with the bold pirate, is none other thlan Olivia de Havilland, who leaped to fama overnight by her work in the Max Reinhardt production of “A Midsummer NigMt’s Dream.” In addition to these two there is an all-star cast of more than 40 principles, headed by Lionel Atwill.

EMPIRE THEATRE. COMMENCING TO-NIGHT. “HOT TIP.” Hilarious comedy, thrilling suspense and tense drama are expertly combined in “Hot Tip,’’ which features ZaSu Pitts and James Gleason at the Empire Thatre. With Gleason and Miss Pitts playing the roles of Husband and wife, the plot centres upon a race track wjiere Gleason is ’asking the family fortune in an effort to regain a sum, lost in betting another man’s money. The other man in the pidture is his son-in-law who risks his savings in order to have enough money to win Gleason’s wife’s consent to his marriage to her daughter. When Gleason loses the money he becomes imbued with the determination to recoup, and blunders his way into one uproarious situation after another, finally coming out on ton. Three thrilling races were especially staged for “Hot Tip,” conducted at the Sana Anita track in California, using a dozen jockeys. The races are said to parallel the reallife sprints in thrills, glamour and excitement.