ENTERTAINMENTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 53, Issue 3823, 19 October 1936, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

REGENT THEATRE. AGAIN TO-NIGHT. “QUEEN OF HEARTS.” “Queen of Hearts,” the latest A.T.P. Gracie Fields’ production will delight screen audiences the world over, for it presents a new —different—Gracie—funnier thdn ever —a Gracie who is in the spectacularlystaged finale, with her white wig and brocaded frocks, with huge swaying panniers, bears a remarkable resemblance to the beautiful Jeanette MacDonald, as she appears in “The Merry Widow” with Maurice Chevalier. Here at last is the real Gracie Fields the world has been waiting to acclaim—the real “Queen of Hearts” radiating laughter and happiness in the surprise picture of the year. Interwoven throughout the story are four lilting song numbers —“My First Love Song,” “Why Did I Have To Meet You,” “I’m One of the Little Orphans of the Storm,” and “Queen of Hearts,” in which Gracie scores effortlessly, revealing her glorious voice to the fullness of its beauty. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY. “TILL WE MEET AGAIN.” Guy Bates Post, one of the foremost stage stars of the last generation, appears in Paramount’s “Till We Meet Again,” his first sound picture, coming to the Regent Theatre on Tuesday and Wednesday. A strange coincidence came to light when the actor reported for work. He thought the surroundings were familiar and suggested as much to the director, Robert Florey. “They ought to be,” replied Florey. “This is the stage where you made ‘The Masquerader,’ in 1923.” That picture was a silent, and the last screen appearance of the actor until his present role in “Till We Meet Again.” The famous star of “Omar, the Tentmaker,” and other stage successes, supports Herbert Marshall in “Till We Meet Again.” As a British matinee idol, in love with a Viennese actress, Marshall is cast into the malestrom of the World War. The actress is forced to desert her lover and • return to Germany to take up her duties as a spy. Marshall joins the British Intelligence Service and, while operating in Germany, again meets his fiancee. She saves his life at the risk of facing a firing squad. Gertrude Michael, Rod La Roque. Lionel Atwill and a large cast of capable players support Herbert Marshall.