ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 29 April 1930, Page 13

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S TALKIES.

FAMILY NIGHT TO-NIGHT. “Peacock Alley,” the all-talking pro*, duction starring Mae Murray, will b« finally presented at Everybody’s talkies, New Plymouth, to-night. There is a good talkie supporting programme. “SMILING IRISH EYES.” Colleen Moore’s first talking vehicle, “Smiling Irish Eyes,” which commences at Everybody’s talkies to-morrow night, w ae produced by John McCormick as a First National-Vitaphorie special, and has been received with'enthusiasm wherever shown. The tremendous success of this screen romance is attributed both to Mies Moore’s popularity and to the care with which an interesting, entertaining story was reproduced in action, dialogue and music. Convinced that motion is still an important part of a picture, Mr. McCormick produced “Smiling Irish Eyes” with quite as much physical action, and as frequent "changes of background, as formerly were included in silent pictures, the result is said to be an excellent moving picture, made more realistic and interesting with the addition of dialogue throughout. Mies Moore, in the character of a little Irish girt, both sings and speaks in “Smiling Irish Eyes,” several songs having been prepared especially for the picture by prominent composers. James Hall playa the male lead opposite Miss Moore.PEOPLE’S TALKIES. ;• . ■' : - ■ ——- !| “BARNUM WAS RIGHT” FINALLY. “Barnum Was Right” - will conclude its local season at -the People’s talkies, New Plymouth, to-night. Popular Glenn Tryon and Merna Kennedy are featured in this all-talking comedy-drama. “Barnum was Right” is preceded by some excellent talkie shorts. “WHY LEAVE HOME?” At least three of the “reasons” for leaving home, as seen and heard in “Why Leave Home?” the Fox Movietone musical comedy coming to the People’s to-morrow night would make any man abandon his domicile in favour; of the bright lights. ■ Sue Carol, Dixie Lee and Jean Bary, the three chorus girls who entice the tired business men from their apartments for a hilarious revel, form a trio of -pulchritude which has no rival on the speaking screen, and which supplies many of the giggieful moments, of this tuneful production. An adaptation of the noted stage play, “Cradle Snatchers,” the all-talking and all-singing version is even funnier than the original. Conrad, Gottler and Mitchell, the composers of Broadway musical comedies and songs, as well as of the numbers in the “Fox Movietone Follies of 1929, . present several new and catchy melodics, and the cast includes such stage a and screen favourites as Walter Catlett, Nick Stuart, David Rollins and Richard Keene. Raymond Cannon directed.--- •: