ENTERTAINMENTS

Te Awamutu Courier, Volume 57, Issue 4079, 29 July 1938, Page 8

ENTERTAINMENTS

AT THE REGENT. COMMENCING TO-MORROW. “PARNELL.” “Parnell,” which opens to-morrow night at the Regent theatre, is, ot course, a story ot the Irish people primarily, but actually it is a narration of great love and sacrifice that transcends all racial boundaries. It takes the man, Charles Stewart Parnell, as a symbol of all the cour ageous, reckless men of history, to whom love was a greater thing than fortune or lame or power. It endows him with many of the human weaknesses and some of the-human virtues that endear a man to his fellow men. The role of Parnell is played by Clark Gable. It provides Hollywood's leading male star with a part unlike any he has had beiore and one in which he proves his real artistry. Parnell, the Irishman, speaks with a decidedly American accent, but it must be remembered that he lived in that coun try and learned not only the language but the customs and mannerisms; moreover, his mother was American. EMPIRE THEATRE. SATURDAY ONLY. “THE LADY IN THE MORGUE.” Film detective fans, who pride themselves on solving screen mysteries before the cinema detective, will have one of the toughest jobs of their career when “The Lady in the Morgue,” another one of the famous Universal Crime Club mysteries, comes to the Empire Theatre on Saturday. The audience is completely left in doubt until the end about the identity of the real killer, as it w’as in “The Black Doll,” "The Westland Case” and other Crime Club thrillers, inasmuch as the plot has been woven so carefully as to practically defy solution of the mystery in advance. In addition to the clever plot manipulation, "The Lady in the Morgue" is packed to the hilt with vivid situations, fas: action and sardonic humour. Preston Foster heads the cast as Bill Crane, private investigator who always gets his man, but who likes to bedevil the official police. Frank 1 Jenks has the role of Doc. Williams,

his wise-cracking rough and ready assistant. Tom Jackson is Lieut. Strom and Morgan Wallace is Inspector Leyman. Beautiful Patricia Ellis has the role of the mysterious brunette, about whom much of the mystery centers. FINAL SCREENING TO-NIGHT. “THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN.” Who said there was nothing new under the sun? Last night at the Empire Theatre this reviewer saw a new Tarzan, Herman Brix, in a production "The New Adventures of Tarzan” that marks a new and refreshing departure in the presentation of jungle adventure films. This is the first time in Tarzan history that an entire motion picture company, with tons of freight and an entire sound studio equipment, trekked directly into the heart of the wilderness to make a picture. The result more than justified the effort for “The New Adventures of Tarzan” combines all the thrills of action of the famous Tarzan stories with the stark realism of an actual jungle locale. Herman Brix, who plays the part of Tarzan, makes the character live on the screen, and he is ably supported by Frank Baker, Ula Holt, Dale Walsh, Don Costello, Lew Sargeant, Henry Ernest and the famous chimp, Nkima. The picture was filmed by the Ashton Dearholt expedition in Guatemala, Central America.