ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 17 January 1930, Page 14

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S PROGRAMME,

SPECIAL MATINEE TO-DAY 2 P.M.

. “The Black Watch,” finally showing at Everybody's talkies, New Plymouth, to-day at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., is a visualisation of Talbot Mundy’s widely-read novel and stars Victor McLaglen in the role of Captain Donald Gordon King, of the famous “Black Watch,” the nickname for the 42nd Highlanders, By reason of King’s ten years of service in India, he is commissioned to return there at the outbreak of the World War. Hifi brother officers misunderstand, believing he has promoted a.soft berth for himself. Subsequent events- prove the valour of the officer, whose bravery is tested to . the last' degree in India. Myrna Loy, exotic beauty of the /screen, has the leading feminine role, that of “Yasmani,” a she-devil who aspires to a throne and domination of India. She has outgamed and outwitted every other man who has ran across her path until McLaglen conquers her. Included in the cant are David Rollins, Lumsden Hare, and Mitchell Lewis. There is an excel-, lent supporting programme. COMMENCING TO-MORROW. ... . The largest setting ever built for a' talking picture was constructed at the Warner Bros.’ studio in Hollywood for the Vi taphone special production, “The Desert Song,” the first operetta adapted in itp, entirety to the motion picture screen. Only at this studio, in fact, could such an extensive set have been, constructed,-since it entirely filled a new sound stage which has just been completed, and which is by far the largest structure of its kind in the world. Thus magnificent setting represents a rocky mountain pass on the edge of the Moroccan desert,, and it ifi.liere. that, the band, of Riffs’ headed by'the mysterious Red Shadow make camp when they are in hiding from, the French cavalry. The set iis an . exact- duplicate of a location used by the company on the edge of the famous Death Valley in California, and so remarkable is the reproduction that it is impossible to tell where the studio setting is eubdtiLuted for the actual location in “the desert. The cast appearing in “The Desert Song” includes John Boles, Carlotta King, Louise Fazenda, Johnny Arthur, John. Miljan, Myrna Loy, Marie Wells, Jack Bratt, Edward Martindel, Robert E. Guzman, Gttb Hoffman, Del Elliott and others, and a magnificent chorus of -one hundred voices. • Roy Del Ruth directed, and Harvey Gates wrote, the screen adaptation of the original stage play by Otto Harbach, o<s-car Hamnrerstein 2nd, Lawrence Schwab and Frank Mandel, with music by Sigmund Romberg. ’

PEOPLE’S “TALKIES.”

FAMILY NIGHT TO-NIGHT.

“Caught in the Fog,” the Warner Bros:’ Vitaphone production, will be finally shown .at-tho People’s Theatre, New Plymouth, to-night. The scenes of the play are laid principally aboard a yacht oft’ the Florida coast. A sheik bandit comes with his lady aide to rifle the boat of the Vickers, jewels. The lady, air amateur at such work, is, of course, -Mtss McAvoy. The two no sooner enter the cabin than Bob Vickers, son of the owner, arrives. You are right, it is Conrad. A fight ensues between him and the sheik, the latter escaping. The lady confronts the master of .the craft and at once feels her purloining desires waning. Then such a. hubbub ensues that all the crooks in Florida might be aboard, and detectives, too, and in a wild furore of *un and fury the unique comedy works up to its climax. There is a good supporting programme. COMMENCING TO-MORROW. Mysterious whispers pierce the veil between life and the beyond! A beautiful girl calls on the spirits of departed souks! She uncovers secrets hidden from mortal eyes! The dead speak through her! Has she supernatural power? Or is she merely the tool of a ruthless gang? See and hear Claudette Colbert, American dramatic star, in this overpowering role. See and hear Edward G. Robinson and the superb cast of stage-trained artists act this gripping drama. Drama tliat carries you to the mysterious chambers where “supernatural” alchemy is practiced. You hear the unearthly voices coming from “the beyond.” | You . see and hear a nervetingling,. interest-absorbing spiritualistic mystery drama • when you see and hear the all-talking thriller “The Hole in the Wall,” which commences at the People’s to-morrow at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.