ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 12 November 1929, Page 7

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE. “REDSKIN” FINALLY.-. “Redskin,” filmed' almost entirely in. natural colours and musically syneron-' ised by the Paramount orchestra of 75 pieces, will be finally screened at Everybody’s Theatre, New Plymouth, tonight. “Redskin,” which stars Richard Dix, is the drama of a race clinging to traditions ot their people in the taee of the march of modern civilisation.: “Redskin” is supported by some excellent talking and sound subjects. “THE GREENE MURDER CASE.” . To-morrow night at Everybody’s a complete change of programme will be offered headed by tne r’aramount all talking thriller "The Greene Muider. Case,” whipff stars William Powell in another Philo Vance detective role. It is a great play, thrilling, tense; packed with action and amazing plot situations. It is better than "The Canary iVlurder Case,” because the crimes. seem more baffling ot solution, because the story carries a great number ot amazing surprises. It deals with the misfortunes of the strange Greene family, a bed-ridden mother and, her four children. With a fortune .at stake should she die, the household is suddenly gripped by a series of tragic killings, it is top-notch enter-,, tainment. Well it shouiu be. It has great plot material; a supporting cast which includes Florence Eldridge, Morgan Earley, Jean Arthur, E. H. Calvert, Eugene Pallette and many other stagetrained actors. In addition there will be some entertaining talkie. shorts;

THE PEOPLE'S THEATRE.

“THE DONOVAN AFFAIR” FINALLY. ‘‘The Donovan Affair,the 100 per cent all talking thriller, wiil.be finally, shown at The People’s Theatre, New Plymouth, to-night. It is a picture that shoud not be missed by anyone as it. is undoubtedly one of the finest mystery stories that has even been seeu and heard on the speaking' screen. Jack. Holt/ Dorothy Revees and William Collier, junr., head an excellent cast. The supporting items are also good and include a novelty musical cartoon which is worth seeing alone. “THE BROADWAY- MELODY.” The first talking picture to launch specially composed musical song hits for the screen, just as they are launched to fame in stage musical comedies, opens at The People's Theatre to-morrow night when “The Broadway Melody,” MetroCold wyn-Mayer’s spectacular all-talking, all-singing, all-dancing romance has its first showing in New Plymouth. The new picture, in which gorgeous stage spectacles, ballets and song ensembles are interspersed with a vivid drqrna of life among the show folk behind the scenes has special song hits, including “Broadway Melody,” “The Love Boat,” “You Were Meant for . Me,” “The Wedding of the Painted Doll” and others specially concocted for the play by Arthur Freed and Nacio Herb Brown, celebrated composers of “The Doll Dance.” Anita -Page and Bessie Love appear as a “sister act," and Charles King, Broadway musical comedy star, is the hero. The cast includes Jed Prouty, Kenneth Thomson, Edward Dillon, Mary Doran, J. Emmett Beck, Marshall Ruth, Drew Demarest and other celebrities of stage and screen. •

“THE DESERT SONG.” A DRURY LANE SUCCESS. Lance Fairfax, Romola Hansen, Herbert Mundin, Herbert • Browne, Sidney Burchell, Maud Zinmbla, Sonya Rosova, Rene Murphy, Douglas Herald—it is scarcely possible to conceive of a more talented assemblage of actors and actresses, -each one individually known to lovers of the theatre, brought together in the one and the same production. Yet, with a desire to present to the public only the very best in musical comedy, J. C. Williamson, Limited, have got all these artists together and they will be seen in “Desert Song,” which will be played in New Plymouth for two performances on Thursday next at the matinee and in the evening. When “Desert Song” ran for lengthy seasons in Australia to crowded houses it was eagerly acclaimed as greater even than “Rose Marie,” to which it is a natural successor, or the “Student Prince, or “The Vagabond King.” Some of the principals of those -remarkable musical productions are in this one. It is described as a musical play of spectacular magnificence and singular charm and beauty, which borders at times on great opera. The play, too, is rich in dramatic interest. The scenes are set in Morocco and peopled with members of the Foreign Legion, Arabs and so forth. Lance Fairfax, who looks every inch a hero, is said to handle his dual personality with rare skill. He sings in. a glorious baritone which bends to his every mood. “The Red Shadow!" Mystic! Romantic! Margot Bonvalet, beautiful, enamoured of the desert, desirable. Clemintina, languorous, Spanish, . and spided with the devil! Azure,. beguiling, lissom! Susan, sprightly, English, eccentric! Benjamin Kidd, talkative, informative! Resplendent officers, wives even more resplendent, beautiful slave gn s, and Spanish loveliness in abundance! A Moorish courtyard dripping.with flowers, a harem! A real horse on the stage. Such are some of the features of cs ® l Son".” An enchanting love story holds the*play together, and the song, numbers are haunting and atmospheric. The ballets and choruses are superb. Box 1 plans are open at Collier’s.