ENTERTAINMENTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 54, Issue 3892, 21 April 1937, Page 12

ENTERTAINMENTS

AT THE EMPIRE. TO-NIGHT AND THURSDAY. ‘‘MY AMERICAN WIFE.” A splendid picture will be shown at the Regent Theatre to-night, and to-morrow, when Paramount will present “My American Wife,” which is described as being better than “Ruggles of Red Gap,” there being a laugh in every foot, so rich is the comedy. Francis Lederer, Ann Sothern, Fred Stone, Billie Burke and Grant Mitchell fill the leading roles. FRIDAY NIGHT ONLY. “ SONS OF GUNS.” “Sons of Guns,” Joe E. Brown’s latest Warner Bros, comedy frolic based on the hilarious Broadway musical hit by Fred Thompson and Jack Donahue, opens at the Regent Theatre on Friday. Besides the mirth stirring antics of the wide mouthed comedian, the picture is spiced with the famous martial airs cf the original stage play, with tuneful new songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin, sung by Joe E. Brown, Joan Biondell, Winifred Shaw and the Chambers Male Chorus, and riotous dance numbers, all staged by the famous musical comedy, producer, Bobby Connolly. AT THE EMPIRE. “THE CAPTAIN’S KID.” FRIDAY NIGHT. “The Captain’s Kid,” the new First National comedy romance will be shown at the Empire Theatre on Friday with a talented cast, headed by May Robson, famous for half a century cn stage and screen, Sybil Jason, the brilliant little child star, and Guy . Kibbee, the jolly, rotund comedian. The picture is said to be replete not only with rollicking humour, but to contain many melodramatic thrills and a glamorous romance. There are two catchy songs written especially for the picture by M. K. Jerome and Jack Scholl, one sung by the seven-year-old star, Sybil Jason, entitled “I’m the Captain’s Kid,” and the ether by Fred Lawrence, “Drifting Along.”