ENTERTAINMENTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 55, Issue 3938, 11 August 1937, Page 12

ENTERTAINMENTS

AT THE REGENT. AGAIN TO-NIGHT. “OURSELVES ALONE.” A vigorous, straightforward melodrama, presenting without Hias or provocation a vivid, exciting, and thrilling portrait of life in Ireland during the hectic rebellion days of 1920, describes “ Ourselves Alone,” presented by Associated Distributors at the Regent Theatre again this evening. The story tells of how John Hannay, a stern, ruthless commandant of the Irish Constabulary, is engaged to Maureen Elliott, an Irish girl, but has a rival in Guy Wiltshire, his intelligence officer. Both are concentrating with all their power on the apprehension of a mysterious rebel leader known as Nick O’Dea, and each is unaware that their man is really Maureen’s brother, Terry Elliott. Eventually Terry is cornered, and Wiltshire is left with no alternative than to kill him; but when Hannay realises that it is Wiltshire whom Maureen really loves he nobly shoulders the blame, thereby allowing true romance to emerge from stark tragedy. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. “GIRL OVERBOARD.” Photographed against the exciting background of a fire disaster on the high seas, Universal’s “ Girl Overboard,” featuring Gloria Stuart and Walter Pidgeon, has been booked for showing at the Regent Theatre next Thursday and Friday. It presents the dramatic story of a girl, falsely accused of murder, who clears herself of the charge with the aid of a district attorney who loves her. The cast includes such favourites as Billy Burrud, Hobart Cavanaugh, Gerald Oliver Smith, Sidney Blackmer, Jack Smart, David Oliver, Charlotte W’ynters, Russell Hicks, R. E. O’Connor, and Edward McNamara. AT THE EMPIRE. FINAL SCREENING TO-NIGHT. “ BENGAL TIGER.”

No more colourful and picturesque drama has been presented on the sil-

ver screen than that of the new Warner Bros, production, “ Bengal Tiger,” which was shown to enthusiastic audiences at the Empire Theatre yesterday for the first time locally. The picture is a real circus, presenting all the big acts of the main tent, together with side-shows and the general atmosphere of the circus ring where ballyhoo artists bark in superlatives about the glamour hidden behind the tent flaps of their particular shows. More than that, it is a revelation of the intimate lives of the big-top folk, both before the public and in their private tents. It follows them through their summer tours on the road, in the special train, and in winter quarters. All the thrills and excitement and adventure of a real circus are found in the picture, the plot centring particularly about the big cages of the lions and tigers and other wild beasts, with Satan, a man-killing Bengal tiger, as the big menace. The specialty circus acts, in fact, are enacted by expert circus performers engaged specially for the picture. -x COMMENCING FRIDAY. “SINNER TAKE ALL.” “Sinner Take All,” detective mystery which brings a new leading man to the screen in the person of Bruce Cabot, featured with Margaret Lindsay and Joseph Calleia, is the attraction coming next week-end to the Empire Theatre for three days. The new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture deals with a newspaper reporter who solves a strange series of murders and a plot menacing an heiress, les locale is New York. Penthouse and newspaper offices, night clubs, police stations, are among the locales. It was directed by Errol Taggart, who recently directed “Women Are Trouble.”