ENTERTAINMENTS

Taranaki Daily News, 6 June 1930, Page 13

ENTERTAINMENTS

EVERYBODY’S THEATRE, ' FINAL SCREENING. “Love, Live and Laugh,” Fox Movieton© all-talking drama in which George Jessel is starred, will be finally presented at Everybody’s Talkies to-night. In addition to Jessel and Kolker, other members of the cast include Lila Lee, Kenneth McKenna, David Rollins, Marcia Manon, Dick Winslow Johnson and Henry Annetta. The supports include Fox Movietone News and “The Darktown Follies” (all-talking comedy), COMMENCING TO-MORROW. Two big all-talking features will be presented ”on the new programme commencing at Everybody’s Talkies tomorrow at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. The first picture to be screened will be “Skinner Steps Out,” starring Glenn Tryon and Merna Kennedy. “Skinner Steps Out” is one of the brightest of Tryon’s comedies. Both Tryon and Miss Kennedy have ideal roles. Tryon plays the part of a young husband who is a hero to his wife and a “dub” to his business associates. Miss Kennedy is the young wife who inspires him to beecme a social and business success, but not before you have the laughs of your life. In his role of “The Flying Fool,” the second picture, William Boyd is seen as a devil-may-care stunt flyer whose weakness is women. They have been his chief diversion since the days in France when, lie was an American ace, but he has never fallen in love. His motto is “find ’em, fool ’em and forget ’em!” This he proceeds to do with amazing success until he decides to “save”°bis brother from what he z believes is a designing cabaret singer. It is at this point that complications set in and Bill finds that for once he is not master of the situation. The climax of the story is tremendous and must be .seen to be appreciated.

OPERA HOUSE. TO-MORROW (SATURDAY) NIGHT. “The Fleet’s In,” starring Clara Bow, will head the programme at the New Plymouth Opera House to-morrow (Saturday) night. As may be guessed from the title, the picture is a “seagoing” one; however, the action of the story for the most part is laid in a seacoast town. According bo advance reports, where the picture has had its showing, Miss Bow has one of the best parts of her career. She is cast as a dance hall hostess whose duty it is to encourage the sailors oil shore leave to spend as much of their month’s pay for dance tickets as possible. It is during a visit of the fleet to the port that she becomes tlie centre of a rivalry between two sailors. These parts are essayed by James Hall, popular Paramount leading man, and Jack Oakie. All the fire and dash of a Clara Bow performance is featured in this characterisation by the popular star. By virtue of the story she is given ample opportunity to display her histrionic talents to good advantage. The supports will include Paramount News, Inkwell Imps Oartoon, Australian Gazette, “Steelworks” (educational film), and “The Sock Exchange” (two-reel comedy). The Opera House Orchestra will be in attendance.

THE REGENT. FAMILY NIGHT TO-NIGHT. “The Great Divide,” First National’s all-talking, singing, dancing romance of the Golden West, will be finally presented this evening at The Regent, New Plymouth. Dorothy Mackaill, lan Keith, and Lucien Littlefield head the big cast in exceptionally fine entertainment. There is a fine number of talkie featurettes supporting “The Great Divide.” “THE. COCK-EYED WORLD.” A couple of leatherneck Don Juans! That’s a trite way to characterise Edmund Lowe, and Victor McLaglen as “Sergeant Quirt” and “Top Sergeant Flagg” in th© Fox Movietone all-talk-ing°production, “The Cbtfk-Eyed World,” commencing a special six night season at The Regent to-morrow at 2 and 8 p.m. Based on a story written by Laurence Stallings and Maxwell Anderson, who co-authored the unforgettable ‘What Price Glory?” Lowe and McLaglen are still in the marines, though it is peace time, but plenty of fighting in the tropics —and between themselves. Pals, buddies, brothers, everything is great until one falls for a “femme.” Then each claims priority and the innocent cause of the trouble must stand by while they tell each other aplenty. Of their many love affairs, three stick out prominently, one in the tropics with the gorgeous Lily Damita, another in cold Russia with fascinating Lelia Karnelly, and the third at Coney Island with a real, flip American girl, Jean Bary. Around these scorching love affairs are incidents of a niost human nature, with pathos, tears, smiles, romance and thrills. In addition to the five featured players mentioned, the supporting cast is one ef first rank, and is headed by El Brendel, the famous Swede comedian of “Sunny Side Up.”’